Re: applying debian kernel patch
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 04:57:29 -0400, dmx9595 <dmx9595@rogers.com> wrote:
> On October 12, 2004 03:03 am, Andrea Vettorello wrote:
> > On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:55:42 -0400, ekco9595 <ekco9595@rogers.com> wrote:
> > > Hey,
> > > how are you supposed to apply a kernel-patch-debian patch i take it you
> > > just untar then goto kern source dirc and
> > > do . ../kernel-patch-debian/all/2.6.8/apply/debian cause thats what I did
> > > then the screen cleared and it logged me out and im kinda wondering what
> > > it just did? I take it thats not normal for it to log you out?
> > > ( and also there wasnt any doc i dont think that tells you what changes
> > > the patch makes? is there one anywhere? ) thanks.
> >
> > If you're not using it yet i suggest you to try "kernel-package" to
> > build your kernels, IIRC it has an option to automatically applying
> > all Debian patch (this is the fast way =), or you can choose
> > selectively what patch to apply on the command line.
>
> Ok thanks, btw so would I just issue make-kpkg
> --added-patches /usr/src/kernel-patches alone BEFORE I edit the config, or do
> I just add the patch in the line when im making the kernel with make-kpkg
> --added-patches /usr/src/kernel-patches --append-to-version=blah kernel-image
> just want to make sure, thanks.
>
Mmh, it's something like that, if you still want to modify the config
you should add something like --config=menuconfig on the same line and
the patch will applied before launching menuconfig, but you better
check the "kernel-package" documentation for the exact syntax as it
was ages ago i used it.
Andrea
Reply to: