Kernel 2.6.30

[Bill Davidsen]

Antonio Olivares wrote:
>>>>> If kernel.org releases 2.6.30.1, Are there any
>> delta *.tar.gz's that
>>>>> one can download instead of downloading
>>>> the full kernel source again to update to
>> 2.6.30.1? I have been
>>>> yearning to ask this question, but never had the
>>>> courage or the determination to do so. I generally
>> follow Fedora
>>>> kernels, but sometimes I get eager to run
>>>> the latest and greatest. I run rawhide too, but
>> they are at
>>>> 2.6.30-6.fc12. Someone told me that there were
>> patches
>>>> that one could download and recompile to get the
>> latest version, but
>>>> they don't tell me how and there does not seem to
>>>> exist documentation as to how to do it. All of
>> this in case Fedora
>>>> stays a little bit behind, they are doing the
>> right
>>>> thing though testing and making sure that the
>> kernels work :), and
>>>> that the changes upstream do not affect the
>> endusers in a bad way.
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Antonio
>>>> How to patch the Linux kernel
>>>>
>>>> Download the latest patch file for the kernel
>> you're running - You'll
>>>> see it on the kernel.org website.
>>>>
>>>> Put the patch file in the directory with the
>> original, unpatched
>>>> kernel source. Run "make mrproper". Run bunzip to
>> uncompress the patch
>>>> file. Run patch -P1 < "patch-file-name"
>>>>
>>>> Now your kernel is patched to the latest version.
>> Do your kernel build.
> 
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.30.1.bz2
> 
> Patch is out for 2.6.30.1, how exactly do I do it.  I run
> patch -P1 < patch-2.6.30.1.bz2 in /linux-2.6.30 directory where the 2.6.30 source was?
> Do I extract the patch?  
> This is where I need more guidance as I have not done it. Usually I just get the entire thing 2.6.30.1.tar.bz2 but now I don't have access to high speed connection and I just want to see if I can do it.
> 
You want to uncompress the patch, either in place or via a pipe:
   bzcat ../patch-2.6.30.1.bz2 | patch -p1

I highly recommend adding "--dry-run" to the patch command the first time, and 
watching for errors. Note that I normally put the patches in the parent 
directory (..) so adjust to fit your needs.

Also note you are building a kernel.org kernel, not a Fedora kernel, there are 
some times when the Fedora kernel has patches not in mainline. I generally try 
my kernels in a VM before I go with them "for real."

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