From: Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: patching the kernel
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 22:25:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030309212521.GQ27794@lug-owl.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200303091711.21652.jbriggs@briggsmedia.com>
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On Sun, 2003-03-09 17:11:21 -0500, joe briggs <jbriggs@briggsmedia.com>
wrote in message <200303091711.21652.jbriggs@briggsmedia.com>:
> My apologies for this question that is so basic to all of you, but can any of
> you please point me toward a howto or instructions for exactly how to 'patch
> a kernel'? For example, at kernel.org, the latest stable kernel is 2.4.20,
> and is actually a patch. I currently use 2.4.19 under Debian and routinely
> rebuild & install it no problem. If I download a kernel 'patch', do I apply
> it to the entire directory, or the compiled kernel, etc.? Thanks so much.
tar xzf .../linux-2.4.19.tar.gz
-or-
tar xjf .../linux-2.4.19.tar.bz2
and then apply the patch:
cd linux-2.4.19
zcat .../patch-2.4.20.gz | patch -p1
-or-
bzcat .../patch-2.4.20.bz2 | patch -p1
MfG, JBG
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-09 21:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-09 22:11 joe briggs
2003-03-09 21:19 ` Sam Ravnborg
2003-03-09 21:25 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw [this message]
2003-03-10 4:41 ` scott thomason
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