* Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-21 12:46]: > Paul G Rogers wrote these words on 07/20/06 21:38 CST: > > I've just installed 2.6.11.12 with LFS-6.1.1. I want to bring the kernel > > current. I thought patch-12 would be approproate but it had many rejects > > and I saw a few "reversed or already applied" fly by. What's the > > appropriate path to patch the kernel? > > I think this question (and then the 'explanation' in a more recent > message) is confusing everyone. I know that I can't make heads or > tails from either the question above, or the explanation. > > Most would find that the "appropriate path to patch the kernel" is > to download a kernel tarball (of the desired kernel version), compile > it, and install the resulting kernel image. > > Why mess around with any patches at all? Or am I not getting the > drift of your messages?
If you don't have broadband or don't want to contribute to stressing the servers, downloading kernel patches can be an attractive option. Instead of dowloading 40MB you only download a few kB. Now, my understanding is that in order to upgrade to linux-2.6.12, you must apply patch-2.6.12 to 2.6.11, not to 2.6.11.12. That would explain Paul's problem. -- Miguel Bazdresch http://thewizardstower.org/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
