instructions on how to patch the linux kernel

hughes28105 · 04-04-2007, 09:13 AM

I having trouble patching the linux kernel. is there any instructions for patching the kernel.

kernel version 2.6.20-13

weibullguy · 04-04-2007, 09:47 AM

What sort of patch? A version upgrade patch or some sort of third party patch to add additional functionality?

hughes28105 · 04-04-2007, 10:08 AM

the broadcom 4311 patch bcm43xx-2.6.20_combined.patch for kernel 2.6.20 I am trying to get the throught the broadcom driver that already in the kernel to work.

weibullguy · 04-04-2007, 12:06 PM

Put the patch and the kernel source tree in the same directory. For example, put both in /home/hughes28105. Enter the top of the kernel source tree which would be linux-2.6 in your case. Apply the patch with the patch command. For example

Code:

patch -Np1 -i ../bcm43xx-2.6.20_combined.patch

Continue with the kernel compilation as normal.

The p1 portion of the command tells patch how many leading components to strip from the file name. You would have to look at the header in the patch file determine the correct p# to pass. If the file name begins with linux-2.6/, then 1 is the correct number.