Re: How to patch for 2.4.18-17 kernel

Hong Hsu <honghsu@bellatlantic.net> · Tue, 27 May 2003 12:29:15 -0400

     I probably didn't stated clearly at the beginning.    So let me do 
it again.  

    I have 2.4.18-3 redhat distribution installed.  a new device didn't 
work with the kernel. It was reported that the new device is compatible 
with 2.4.18-17 kernel.   I assume it is not redhat distribution, but I 
may be wrong.

From ftp.kernel.org I only saw linux-2.4.18.tar.gz and patch-2.4.18.gz. 
There is no linux-2.4.18-17.tar.gz or patch17.gz,  Or should be one?   
The Al Dev's 'The Linux Kernel HOWTO' didn't talk about how to parching 
particular version of a kernel.  

Am I missing something here in terms of patching 2.4.18-17 kernel?
  -Hong

Are you looking for a RedHat kernel?  They append an RPM release

number to the kernel source version number.  I don't see any file

kernel-source-2.4.18-17.i386.rpm, though.

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