What is the recommended method for handling kernel patch errors? Say I
download the latest stable kernel from kernel.org (2.6.17.11). When I
apply the 2.6.18-rc5 patch set to this source, I encounter several patch
errors of this type:
patch -p1 < patch-2.6.18-rc5
.
.
.
[lots of successful patches applied]
.
.
.
patching file arch/i386/pci/mmconfig.c
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n]
There are probably 20 or more of these type errors in the patch set.
Does each patch need to be compared to the target source file to
determine whether to reverse, ignore, or apply anyway? Or is there
another way to get past these?
Thanks,
Jay
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