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| author | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@shinybook.infradead.org> | 2005-08-09 16:51:35 +0100 |
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| committer | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@shinybook.infradead.org> | 2005-08-09 16:51:35 +0100 |
| commit | c973b112c76c9d8fd042991128f218a738cc8d0a (patch) | |
| tree | e813b0da5d0a0e19e06de6462d145a29ad683026 /README | |
| parent | c5fbc3966f48279dbebfde10248c977014aa9988 (diff) | |
| parent | 00dd1e433967872f3997a45d5adf35056fdf2f56 (diff) | |
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@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ INSTALLING the kernel: kernel source. Patches are applied from the current directory, but an alternative directory can be specified as the second argument. + - If you are upgrading between releases using the stable series patches + (for example, patch-2.6.xx.y), note that these "dot-releases" are + not incremental and must be applied to the 2.6.xx base tree. For + example, if your base kernel is 2.6.12 and you want to apply the + 2.6.12.3 patch, you do not and indeed must not first apply the + 2.6.12.1 and 2.6.12.2 patches. Similarly, if you are running kernel + version 2.6.12.2 and want to jump to 2.6.12.3, you must first + reverse the 2.6.12.2 patch (that is, patch -R) _before_ applying + the 2.6.12.3 patch. + - Make sure you have no stale .o files and dependencies lying around: cd linux |
