On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 08:06:14PM +0530, Hriday Hegde wrote: > On 19-05-2021 15:20, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post > > Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting? > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > A: Top-posting. > > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > > > http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top > > > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 03:00:08PM +0530, Hriday Hegde wrote: > >> I am not really sure how to do that and how to reflect it in the patch i followed what was taught in the Beginners course and it does not mention building. I know i need to test it out but is running 'patch -p1 < x.patch what i need to do? > > That does not build the code you changed, right? > > > > I'm sure whatever course you took, it did reference the fact that you > > need to ensure that your change actually works properly by the very > > least being able to be compiled correctly. Please go over those > > instructions again. > > > > good luck! > > > > greg k-h > > I am using the A Beginner's Guide to Linux Kernel Development (LFD103) by the linux foundation for this but i cant find any commands to as to build and test , the only way i tried compiling is with a custom Makefile and it didn't work, i've got a few errors so the const keyword might not work here since the variable is being written to. > > That is correct, when compiling (i.e. building), the compiler shows that this is not a correct change. thanks, greg k-h
