Patching 2.6.1 kernel to 2.6.2

wenberg · 02-08-2004, 05:02 PM

I've been running 2.6.1 on Slackware 9.1 for a few weeks, and now 2.6.2 is out, I'd like to be able to learn to patch 2.6.1 without compiling from scratch. I've downloaded patch-2.6.2.gz and gunzipped it. I get this file called patch-2.6.2 ... and now I don't know what to do with it. It didn't come with any docs at all.

DrOzz · 02-08-2004, 05:08 PM

after you uncompress it to /usr/src/linux (or wherever the root of the kernel source direcotry is) just type :
patch -p1 < patch-2.6.2

wenberg · 02-08-2004, 05:16 PM

I'm assuming I'd have to recompile after patching? Or is there away to upgrade to the new kernel without recompiling?

DrOzz · 02-08-2004, 05:26 PM

well yes you'll have to make the new kernel image ...

wenberg · 02-08-2004, 05:33 PM

Thanks much. I've come a long way from first installing Linux just weeks ago, my first kernel recompile a week later, and now a patch. A big thanks to everyone on the forums.

wenberg · 02-08-2004, 05:56 PM

I just got 2.6.2 running. It's working fine ... but I get a single error ...

Quote:

Feb 8 17:51:00 wenberg modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.2/modules.dep: No such file or directory

Is there something I could do prevent that? or at least not have it seen during boot?

BrianNJ · 02-09-2004, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.2/modules.dep: No such file or directory

i'm getting this too... anyone have a solution? or know how i can create that file ?

i'm tempted to make a sym link to 2.6.1/modules.dep