> i am using the 2.2.13 kernel primarily because i require the 2.2.13ac3 > patch (by Alan Cox). > > After applying the 2.2.13ac3 patch i wish to upgrade to the 2.2.14 > kernel with the 2.2.14 patch. > > while applying the 2.2.14 patch i get several : > > "Reverse patch detected . Assume -R" prompts. i proceed by denying the > assume -r . (hitting n) > > yet i cannot compile the kernel and i receive several errors. > > what am i doing wrong here?? Without looking at the patches involved, I'd have to assume that the 2.2.13ac3 patch changes things that the 2.2.13-14 patch also changes, possibly in incompatible ways. You'll most likely have to apply the ac3 patch manually, -after- you have applied the 13-14 patch, and hope the changes to .14 don't break ac3. If they do, you're stuck with .13. Sometimes it'll detect a reverse patch when you apply two patches that both include the same addition. Like this: .13: funcA(); ac3.patch: -funcA(); +funcB(); .14.patch: -funcA(); +funcB(); So it figures that you really meant to switch back to funcA, since a reversed patch is when the original and modified file arguments are swapped. If this is the case, you should be okay, and hopefully it just means that parts of the ac3 changes got put into .14. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
