[vfio-users] Fedora 23 ACS Patch

[thibaut noah]

If you have the same kernel you can use the one there :
https://github.com/zman0900/linux-vfio-aur

Otherwise you don't really need c competences. All you have to do is use a
text editor to apply the modifications manually, it is really simple even
if you don't know how to code.

2016-04-18 19:04 GMT+02:00 Brett Peckinpaugh <bp10 at erylflynn.com>:

> 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:
>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > 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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