On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 10:17 -0500, Josh Lawrence wrote: > I'm confused about how to properly patch a kernel. I tried to patch a > kernel recently with Mingo's patch, and it failed. In researching the > problem, I came up with this: > > http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/HowToApplyAPatch > > >From what I can understand, this document is telling me that I would > need to download kernel 2.6 (no incremental versions), and apply the > most recent Mingo patch (as of today, 2.6.16-rt20) from there. Prior > to reading this, I always thought that you downloaded the most recent > full kernel (as of today, 2.6.16.15), the most recent patch (as of > today, 2.6.16-rt20), and go from there. Which way is the proper way? It's easier than you think it is - the name of the mingo patch tells you exactly which kernel to apply it against. In this case it's 2.6.16. Lee
