Kernel 2.6.30

[john wendel]

On 06/19/2009 06:10 AM, Antonio Olivares wrote:

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> BTW,
> 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.

Regards,

John