Patches for Kernel 2.6.14 on kernel.org

Patches for Kernel 2.6.14 on kernel.org

[Miro Dietiker, MD Systems]

Hi!

As of the kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/README all patches need to be
applied (bigger than the
current local version)

For the current 2.6.14.2 this seems not to be true (The patch 2.6.14.1
seems to be included in
2.6.14.2)

Is this a "new" undocumented general behaviour such as e.g. patches
always based on the
latest 3-Number version or is this a small mistake?

In any case: One of the described sources need to be corrected, I think.

Thanks! Miro

Re: Patches for Kernel 2.6.14 on kernel.org

[Jesper Juhl]

On 11/11/05, Miro Dietiker, MD Systems <info@md-systems.ch> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> As of the kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/README all patches need to be
> applied (bigger than the
> current local version)
>
> For the current 2.6.14.2 this seems not to be true (The patch 2.6.14.1
> seems to be included in
> 2.6.14.2)
>
The 2.6.14.2 patch is to be applied against 2.6.14 - the -stable
patches are not incremental.

> Is this a "new" undocumented general behaviour such as e.g. patches
> always based on the
> latest 3-Number version or is this a small mistake?
>
Not new, no mistake.

http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/lxr/source/Documentation/applying-patches.txt

Read the "The 2.6.x kernels" and the "The 2.6.x.y kernels" sections.


> In any case: One of the described sources need to be corrected, I think.
>
I think the README should refer people to
Documentation/applying-patches.txt for more details. I'll submit a
patch in a little while to do that.


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