HowTo patch this patch on 2.6 kernel
Hi Guys,
I am using Kernel 2.6.20 on my Debian system. I found this patch for my hardware's frame buffer support: http://geode.insideo.net/info-linux_.../msg00689.html I would like to apply this patch to my kernel. I tried doing that but it failed. What I did was: Code:
cd /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.20/drivers What did I missed? Thanks |
lets pretend you have a directory folder like this
/usr/src/linux-version number install the decompressed (extracted) patch to this uppper level so that you have /u/s/lin/patch driver patch -p1 < patch (driver) if you have bash completion installed, when you type patch driver...type pa (and press the tab key and it should autocomplete the balance of the driver patch name) then re-compile and test pls |
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Actually I had tried what you suggested before posting and I got error message. Looking at the patch can we tell what kernel version will be required to be downloaded? |
You need to do it from one level higher.
Looking at the date of that mail, I'd say it's for 2.6.22 - hence the .22 reference. |
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