[vfio-users] Fedora 23 ACS Patch

[Brett Peckinpaugh]

Thanks for replying.

To stress, I am new to this process.  I have ran Linux as my primary
desktop for about 2 years.

How would I get a copy of an ACS patch for my kernel? Or failing that, what
should I do to create one?  I am not a C programmer, so would be limited in
my ability to write one.

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 2:22 AM, Zycorax Tokoroa <zycorax at phoxden.xyz>
wrote:

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> >
> >
> > 2016-04-18 3:21 GMT+02:00 Blank Field <ihatethisfield at gmail.com
> > <mailto:ihatethisfield at gmail.com>>:
> >
> >     Doesn't patch support syntax like patch -p1 filename.patch?
> >     Does vanilla linux really can do stuff like make rpm? If so, since
> when?
> >
> > I think that is the syntax i use back then.
> > What do you mean by vanilla linux? You're talking about the kernel or
> > the distrib gnu/linux in general?
> > Rpm is supported by the majority of the distros if i remember correctly.
> He likely refers to a method to build a rpm directly and solely trough
> the kernel's makefile. 'make rpm-pkg' is possible since as far as I can
> remember, along with 'make deb-pkg'
>
> >     On Apr 18, 2016 4:18 AM, "Brett Peckinpaugh" <erylflynn at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:erylflynn at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >         Thanks for any help in advance.
> >
> >         I am trying to create a patched kernel for Fedora 23.  I have
> >         downloaded from the Kernel archive the 4.5.1 source files.  I
> >         can compile to rpm, install and run from this source. When I
> >         attempt to patch I fail at different steps based on which ACS
> >         patch I try.
> >
> >         I compile by the following steps.
> >         make menuconfig
> >         make rpm
> >
> >         To patch:
> >         make menuconfig
> >         cat pathtofile/acs_patch.diff | patch -p1
> >         make rpm
> >
> >         Depending on the ACS patch, sometimes it fails at the cat step,
> >         sometimes it fails at the make rpm step.
> 'patch' has an '-i' argument to take a file as input - not that cat'ing
> is wrong, both methods work.
> You should look at what exact errors you get to have proper help, errors
> in patching usually means you are using incompatible versions of the
> patch and the kernel together, where the code has changed enough to
> confuse patch. As it has been told, look for a patch that's appropriate
> to your kernel version. Errors during the building of the kernel need
> more detail to be understood
>
>  Zycorax Tokoroa
>
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