How to apply no-debianized kernel patch to debianized kernel-source?

[Joerg Johannes <liste_joerg@gmx.de>]

Hello everybody

I (like many others in the last few days) have a problem with kernel 
2.4.21. I have downloaded the kernel-source-2.4.21 deb, and want to 
apply the acpi patch from acpi.sf.net to it. So here we go:

jorg@btb8x1:/usr/src/linux$ zcat ../acpi-20030619-2.4.21.diff.gz | patch -p1
patching file arch/i386/config.in
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected!  Assume -R? [n] n
# loads of files produced or patched OK, but also some errors.

No matter which option I choose, I cannot apply the acpi patch to the
debian kernel-source. Or, when forced, compile fails (surprise, surprise).
Unfortunately I am no programmer and can't look into the source and fix
the problems myself. Is there a chance to get acpi working on debian
kernel-source, or will I have to switch to a kernel.org source-tree?

thanks

joerg

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