[ltp] kernel semi-newbie question

[Tino Keitel]

On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 10:26:40 +0100, Bob Alexander wrote:
> Dear friends,
> I am a little frustrated.
> 
> Since I wanted to test ACPI now that APM since to works almost aok, and 
> I have read that the ibm-acpi extensions are now in the latest -mm 
> patches I thought I wanted to try the latter.
> 
> So here is what I am trying to do:
> 
> 1) download a full 2.6.9 source tree
> 2) download the latest 2.6.10-rc3 prepatch and apply to 2.6.9
> 3) download the 2.6.10-rc2-mm4 patch and apply to 2.6.10-rc3
> 
> Problem #1: while patching step 2 after a lot of stuff scrolling I get
> 
> File to patch: Skip this patch? [y] Skipping patch.
> (Patch is indented 10 spaces.)
> can't find file to patch at input line 1466599
> File to patch: Skip this patch? [y] Skipping patch.
> (Patch is indented 10 spaces.)
> can't find file to patch at input line 1466599
> File to patch: Skip this patch? [y] Skipping patch.
> (Patch is indented 10 spaces.)
> can't find file to patch at input line 1466599
> File to patch:
> 
> what I am doing wrong ?

I don't know, but 2.6.10-rc3 should apply cleanly to plain 2.6.9
source.

> 
> Question #1) Do I understand correctly that -mm patches are to be 
> applied not to the current stable branch but to the prepatch ?

A 2.6.9-mm1 patch should be applied to 2.6.9 kernel source. A
2.6.10-rc2-mm4 patch should be applied to 2.6.10-rc2 kernel source.

> 
> Question #2) As mm patch is called 2.6.10-rc2-mm4, can I apply it to a 
> 2.6.10-rc3 tree or it has to be EXACTLY the rc level mentioned in the mm 
> name ?

The latter, see above.

Regards,
Tino