On 11/15/2010 03:05 PM, James Womack wrote: > On 14/11/10 20:23, Larry Finger wrote: >> On 11/14/2010 12:49 PM, James Womack wrote: >>> Hey, I tried patching the kernel I downloaded, but the dry runs both >>> presented errors detailed below: >>> >>> james@mercury:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32$ patch -p1 --dry-run< >>> /home/james/rtl8187se_change_panic_to_warn >>> patching file drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8185b_init.c >>> Hunk #1 succeeded at 356 with fuzz 2 (offset 92 lines). >>> Hunk #2 FAILED at 302. >>> 1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file >>> drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8185b_init.c.rej >>> james@mercury:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32$ patch -p1 --dry-run< >>> /home/james/rtl8187se_ >>> rtl8187se_change_panic_to_warn rtl8187se_lock_pci_remove >>> james@mercury:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32$ patch -p1 --dry-run< >>> /home/james/rtl8187se_lock_pci_remove >>> patching file drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c >>> patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line >>> patch: **** unexpected end of file in patch >>> james@mercury:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32$ >>> >>> Do I need to do anything to the kernel source before applying the >>> patches? >> >> You needed a different version of the patch for 2.6.32. Apply the >> attached >> version. You only need the one patch. >> >> Larry > > Hello, > > I managed to compile the patched kernel. To confirm - the issue of the > kernel panic occuring when Fn-F2 is used to turn off the wireless card > is resolved. Thank you. I'll let you know if I notice any side effects > from the patch. After you do the Fn-F2 sequence, there should be a stack dump in the output of the dmesg command. Could you please post that? With it, I should be able to find what is leading to the original error. It does not happen on my system. Larry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
