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how to apply the patch

Submitted by xtreme2490
on March 15, 2005 - 1:45pm

Can someone explain me how to apply the patch.
Ive installed kernel source 2.6.11.3 and wanted to patch using the latest mm patch , but am not sure how to do it.
Is there a step by step tutorial / guide for this.
Can the patch be applied by every 2.6.11 kernel ?
Thanks in advance

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Patching

Anonymous (not verified)
on
March 17, 2005 - 1:00am

Assuming 2.6.11.3 is in /usr/src/linux, patch-2.6.11.3.bz2 and 2.6.11-mm4.bz2 is in /usr/src

To apply 2.6.11-mm4 to 2.6.11.3:

cd /usr/src/linux
bzcat ../patch-2.6.11.3.bz2 | patch -R -p1
bzcat ../2.6.11-mm4.bz2 | patch -p1

Imagine 2.6.11-mm5 come out, you downloaded it in /usr/src:

cd /usr/src/linux
bzcat ../2.6.11-mm4.bz2 | patch -R -p1
bzcat ../2.6.11-mm5.bz2 | patch -p1

Using this, hopefully you know how to apply 2.6.11-mm6 when it comes out (if comes out).

I didn't understand one thing

kushalkoolwal
on
August 15, 2006 - 5:45pm

I didn't understand one thing: Why is it necessary to apply the 2.6.11.3 patch:

bzcat ../patch-2.6.11.3.bz2 | patch -R -p1

in order to apply -mm patch. I always thought that if I have to apply the latest 2.6.18-rc4-mm1 patch, I first need to down load 2.6.17 (only 2.6.17 and not 2.6.17.1 or 2.6.17.2 and so on) kernel sources and then apply the -mm patch. I never knew that you could apply the -mm patch against the same version of the kernel.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

Actually you're reverting

Anonymous (not verified)
on
May 8, 2007 - 10:52pm

Actually you're reverting the patch (-R); in this case to base 2.6.11.

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