Re: understanding kernel compilation and

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 03:20:36 -0400 (EDT), Muhammad Yousuf wrote:
> 
> actually i never compile or patch any kernel before for some reasons and
> learning i am installing kernel 3.16 stable with patch.
> now the question is when i visit kernel.org website i see 3.16 kernel and
> patch and inc.patch.
> 
> i can understand what is patch it could be a fix to some bugs but what is
> inc.patch or incremental patch.
> 
> 
> Kernel location :
> https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-3.16.6.tar.xz
> Patch location :
> https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.16.6.xz
> inc patch :
> https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/incr/patch-3.16.5-6.xz
> 
> any help will be highly appreciated.

If you intend to compile a custom kernel, and you've never done it
before, I would suggest that you start here:

   http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm

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