-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 11:23:42AM -0400, gxk wrote: > i have kernel 2.6.11 and want to apply platform_driver patch from 2.6.18 Your question is like: "I have a Ford Model T car and I want to install a 2007 Ford Mondeo engine.". That won't work, better get a Mondeo with the engine included. Same with Linux: backporting recent patches to ancient kernels is so much work that you will end up with a kernel close to a recent kernel. Better start with that recent kernel in the first place. > Tell me if follows way to do it is right: > 1. Create git repository for 2.6.17 and 2.6.18 I'd say just clone Linus 2.6 repository, that gets you 2.6.17, 2.6.18, plus all commits from 2.6.12 upto the most recent kernel. > 2. Restore patch, by diffing "git diff v2.6.17..v2.6.18" should get you the complete 2.6.17-->2.6.18 patch. You can't apply that patch to 2.6.11, too many things have changed. Better upgrade to 2.6.18, or even beter to 2.6.22 and work from there. Erik - -- They're all fools. Don't worry. Darwin may be slow, but he'll eventually get them. -- Matthew Lammers in alt.sysadmin.recovery -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGzA1q/PlVHJtIto0RAlOwAJ99lrfgDyWkLjMSC1HUwtYi0Q2u4QCfZmI1 YlKreP3yGMi/igZm1fxFiBQ= =qRNK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
