incremental patches for kernel

michal017 · 10-10-2007, 01:27 AM

I'm wondering whether there is incremental patch between 2.6.23 and 2.6.22.9.. I can't find it anywhere on kernel.org
I've been patching my kernel using incremental patches since 2.6.22.3 but now I can't patch to 2.6.23
Thanks

sundialsvcs · 10-10-2007, 09:57 PM

"Incremental patching" has never been something that I've been in favor of, simply because I have a high-speed Internet connection and it's easier to just download a new copy of the entire source.

You could, of course, use diff...

But hey, maybe this is a great time to just download a complete copy of 2.6.23 ... and forget about the "diff" for just one release ... oui? non?

syg00 · 10-10-2007, 10:17 PM

Revert the 2.6.22.9 patch, and apply the 2.6.23 patch against 2.6.22
See ../Documentation/applying-patches.txt

Saves hammering the servers unnecessarily.

michal017 · 10-11-2007, 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syg00

Revert the 2.6.22.9 patch, and apply the 2.6.23 patch against 2.6.22
See ../Documentation/applying-patches.txt

Saves hammering the servers unnecessarily.

I see the documentation describes it quite well..
I was applying incremental patches since 2.6.22.3 so I'd have to back out all the patches from .3 to .9..
I'll download full sources of 2.6.23 and then keep on patching as described in that documentation.. Thanks for the tip