when i install the gcov, use patch command to fail,genrate below error message，need you help。

can't find file to patch at input line 33
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
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|#
|# gcov-kernel-2.6.24-1 (2008-01-30)
|#
|# anderson.lizardo@gmail.com:
|# The following parts of the kernel code had coverage disabled by
|# default for now (on ARM platform only) because they consistently cause
|# kernel problems:
|#
|# arch/arm/nwfpe/: make FP operations results go wrong
|# fs/: soft lockup at the end of kernel boot
|# fs/nfs/: generates BUG_ON() in net/sunrpc/xdr.c when mounting NFS root
|# lib/: kernel hangs right after decompression
|# mm/: many commands fail with "File size limit exceeded"
|# net/ipv4/: NFS root mount fails
|#
|# TODO: find the specific problematic .c files files in these
|# directories and either (a) fix the buggy code or (b) disable coverage
|# for those specific file(s) using "CFLAGS_file.o".
|#
|# arch/arm/nwfpe/Makefile | 3 +++
|# arch/arm/nwfpe/Makefile | 3 +++
|# fs/Makefile | 3 +++
|# fs/nfs/Makefile | 3 +++
|# lib/Makefile | 3 +++
|# mm/Makefile | 3 +++
|# net/ipv4/Makefile | 3 +++
|# 6 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
|#
|
|diff -Naurp linux-2.6.24-gcov/arch/arm/nwfpe/Makefile linux-2.6.24-gcov-arm-hack/arch/arm/nwfpe/Makefile
|--- linux-2.6.24-gcov/arch/arm/nwfpe/Makefile 2008-01-24 23:58:37.000000000 +0100
|+++ linux-2.6.24-gcov-arm-hack/arch/arm/nwfpe/Makefile 2008-01-30 10:51:45.000000000 +0100

Post the exact commands you're using to implement the patch.

Should be something like:
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edit: BTW, try to make your thread subjects more descriptive than "can you help me".

anomie,I used this command:
#cd /lib/modules/2.6.16.26-kernel
#patch -p1< {path }/2.6.16-gcov-kernel.patch

I have consulted the installation introduction to this article
http://lwn.net/2002/0214/a/gcov.php3
there said：
Installing GCOV support on the kernel
-------------------------------------
To provide the coverage support infrastructure to the kernel,
install the gcov patch
(2.5.2-gcov-kernel.patch OR 2.4.17-gcov-kernel.patch) from the root
level of the kernel source path, as

patch -p1< {path}/2.5.2-gcov-kernel.patch

Do you have a -

/lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel/arch/arm/nwfpe/

- directory?

Also, can you explain what it is you're trying to accomplish by doing this exactly?

From the URL you mentioned: http://lwn.net/2002/0214/a/gcov.php3

Uh...

Add to that the fact that you're trying to install a patch for the ARM platform (are you sure about that?), and I'm not sure this has been thoroughly considered.