Re: how to fetch the patch file??

On Sep 7, 4:59 pm, ashu <aswin...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
i got the 2.6.22 source but how to patch patch 2.6.22.6 with that

On Sep 7, 10:51 am, Janaka <jana...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sep 7, 2:24 pm, ashu <aswin...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sep 6, 10:18 pm, Juergen Beisert <jbeis...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> ashu wrote:
hi........
how to install the patch file? i have installed in the following
manner.... patch -po<new -patch it is asking for the file to patch

What did you try to patch and with what patch file?

J

we are running the device drivers program in uclinux
environment.......
our kernel version is 2.6.11
release : 1.136_fcq
distribution: redhat
we tried to compile the program withthe command: gcc <filename.c>
2>error.log1>compile.log
we got errors in header files.......to overcome this we tried to fetch
this patch file:patch.2.6.22.6.........how can i solve this
problem?????????

I dont know about uclinux, but with the vanilla kernel patches are
there to be done from a build version minor revision (eg: 2.6.22 ) to
a minor-minor revision (eg: 2.6.22.6). You cant patch a 2.6.11 kernel
with patch.2.6.22.6. You will need to get 2.6.22, source and then
patch it with 2.6.22.6. Have a read of the kernel Docs in the kernel
tree.
Given that is a customized kernel, you should read the vendor
instructions (Eg: uclinux documentation).
Regardless I doubt whether the problem you are having is with the
kernel version. It could be a problem with the toolset (GCC, CC)
compatibility.

Try the following:
1. Change directory to <your source directory> (eg: cd /usr/src/linux-
kernel-2.6.22)
2. Use the patch command to patch your source (eg: patch -p1 </usr/src/
patch-2.6.22.6)
Note that -p1 says to ignore top level dir (eg: start patching from
second level stored on the patch file) . Also I am assuming your
patch file is called "patch-2.6.22.6"
3. Check the output of the patch command and see everything was ok.
If there are conflicts, patch will store the conflict files as .rej.
You will have to fix any conflicts by hand.

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