patch to kernel
Wong Kwok-hon
kwokhon at gmail.com
Thu Dec 23 09:32:14 UTC 2004
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 01:24:02 -0800 (PST), Mick Mearns
<off_by_1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > How to patch ?
> >
> > Ringo
> >
> Hello Ringo;
> This is how I do it: (I am sure there are better/faster ways)
>
> "su -" and enter the password for root.
> "cd /usr/src"
>
> Download the base kernel:
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.9.bz2
>
> Download the latest prepatch:
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/patch-2.6.10-rc3.bz2
>
> Download the latest snapshot:
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.10-rc3-bk15.bz2
>
> Uncompress the files: "bunzip2 *.bz2"
> Untar the base: "tar -xvf *.tar"
>
> Get the .config file from your latest working kernel, or the Redhat
> base: "cp XXXX/.config mick"
>
> change the directory name to the new kernel:
> "mv linux-2.6.9 2.6.10-rc3-bk15"
>
> get the patches there:
> "cp pat* 2.6.10-rc3-bk15"
>
> and the config:
> "cp mick 2.6.10-rc3-bk15/.config"
>
> cd there:
> "cd 2.6.10-rc3-bk15 "
>
> FINALLY patch the kernel:
> "cat *rc3 | patch -p1"
> "cat *bk15 | patch -p1"
>
> Compile it:
> "make"
> "make modules_install"
> "make install"
>
> and - reboot to the new kernel.
>
> This is just my tedious, boring, slow way of doing it.
>
But I download the rpm of src in
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/SRPMS/
Is it also need to download the files as u replied ? Or the rpms is
included all patch and base ?
Ringo
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