I am using kernel-2.6.21.5 on Slackware 12.0 on my IBM thinkpad laptop. I would like to re-compile kernel to enable acpi support, so I downloaded a patch file "thinkpad-acpi-0.14-20070701_v2.6.21.5.patch.gz" from
http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/
What I did is unzip the patch file and apply the patch
Code:
# gunzip /home/chunhua/Downloads/thinkpad-acpi-0.14-20070701_v2.6.21.5.patch.gz
# patch -d /usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/ < /home/chunhua/Downloads/thinkpad-acpi-0.14-20070701_v2.6.21.5.patch
The next patch would delete the file ibm-acpi.txt,
which does not exist! Assume -R? [n]
Apply anyway? [n]
Am I doing something stupid? I should answer yes or no? I have never applied any patches before. Can someone instruct me how to apply a patch?