I'm trying to patch this diff file listed here by Alan cox:
deja post

I modified the 2nd line to point to where my source is.
I tried patch </path/i810_audio.c while in the dir of my source.

But I get 1 out of 48 hunk errors:

Hunk #27 FAILED at 2689
patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line

I thought it might be formatting issue so i tried patch with the -l switch but didn't help.

Here is the section 2689 from the diff file:

@@ -2689,7 +2899,7 @@

/* Don't attempt to get eid until powerup is complete */
eid = i810_ac97_get(codec, AC97_EXTENDED_ID);
-
+
if(eid==0xFFFFFF)
{
printk(KERN_WARNING "i810_audio: no codec attached ?\n");


I've just installed mdk 9 a week ago and this is probably more advanced stuff that I shouldn't be mucking with yet, but from reading other people's posts, I'm pretty sure this will solve my sound problems.

I didn't like getting this diff file from a newsgroup post, but couldn't find it anywhere else. Does Alan Cox post diff files anywhere else? I couldn't find it at www.kernel.org.

I just want to get sound working so if someone could help me fix this file it would be great. Or would there be a way to dump the mandrake kernel in favour of the alan cox kernel? As this patch has been part of the AC kernel for some time. If I could do this would alot of Mdk stuff break?

Also once I patch this file I"m not sure if I have all the steps after that in order, So if anyone can help there as well it would be great.

Hi,

I Hunk ocour when patch don't find the exact line that the diff is pointing to, when there are too many hunks or a Hunk that is out of the search limits,the patch fail.

Aparently that section of the diff file does nothing but adjust some space or tab forgotten there, is usual, if in that section there is nothing else, just remove it and try again ...

Another option is to use some applications that remodel your diff file, I think I saw something like that in freshmeat, patchutils was the name ...

Hope that helps ...