Hi,
I need to patch my kernel with:
http://shayol.bartol.udel.edu/~rhdt/download/acpi_sbs-20050120.tar.gz
to make the battery monitor work.
Cause of such tasks I used to use vanilla kernels from kernel.org before gentoo. I had to learn from this forum that the system don't know where the kernel sources are if the kernel sources wasn't installed using emerge.
Now my question: The gentoo kernel is heavy patched already. This often leads to failure of further patches. How can I make a copy of the kernel sources before applying the patch and ensure that the system knows furtheron where the kernel sources are?
Thanks Frank
You don't have to use the gentoo-patched sources; vanilla sources are available through Portage as 'development-sources'. Emerge those, patch to your hearts content, and have the best of both worlds...
... if you want to have the best of all worlds possible, copy the development-sources ebuild to your PORTDIR_OVERLAY, edit it to patch the sources automatically with your selected patch (see any gentoo-dev-sources ebuild for the methodology), and emerge that instead of the "regular' ebuild. Portage will still know where the sources are, and your patching will be automated.
HTH, Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
