* how to know to which file in kernel the patch can be applied?
@ 2001-08-31 9:53 umesh jaiswal
2001-08-31 11:20 ` Peter Wächtler
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From: umesh jaiswal @ 2001-08-31 9:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: torvalds; +Cc: linux-kernel
Dear sir ...
I have applied a linux-2_2_16_diff.htm patch which I have downloaded
from kgdb site for remote kernel debugging by giving the command
cd /usr/src/linun2.2.16
$[linux] patch p0 < linux-2_2_16_diff.htm
But after appling the above patch command the console giving the massage :
type the file name you want to patch.
I don't know sir which file I have to patch for remote kernel debugging
support on my development machine .pls help me out.
umesh Jaiswal
umesh_j123@hotmail.com
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* Re: how to know to which file in kernel the patch can be applied?
2001-08-31 9:53 how to know to which file in kernel the patch can be applied? umesh jaiswal
@ 2001-08-31 11:20 ` Peter Wächtler
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From: Peter Wächtler @ 2001-08-31 11:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: umesh jaiswal; +Cc: linux-kernel
umesh jaiswal wrote:
>
> Dear sir ...
> I have applied a linux-2_2_16_diff.htm patch which I have downloaded
> from kgdb site for remote kernel debugging by giving the command
> cd /usr/src/linun2.2.16
> $[linux] patch p0 < linux-2_2_16_diff.htm
>
> But after appling the above patch command the console giving the massage :
> type the file name you want to patch.
> I don't know sir which file I have to patch for remote kernel debugging
> support on my development machine .pls help me out.
>
Most of the patches assume that your current working directory is
/usr/src
If you are in /usr/src/linux* try "patch -p1 <patch"
You can browse the patch with less and see at the "diff" line what
the expected hierachy looks like
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