On Thu, Apr 06, 2017 at 06:48:29AM -0500, [email protected] wrote: > > I should have mentioned I'd tried 4.10.8 prior to posting without success. > > I was unaware a patch can be partially applied. Two of 6 Hunks succeed but > the patched kernel also displays the errors. Ah well. > Patch tries to do its best. If some hunks do not apply, you get the file (with any hunks which did apply), a .orig containing the "before" version and a .rej with what didn't apply. Where multiple files are in the same patch, this can happen for each of them.
Sometimes I find it hard to understand *why* a hunk didn't apply. If I'm trying to patch an application (for build failures, usually) I will try to fix it up by editing the file - worst case it doesn't fix the problem. Sometimes it is possible to see that some lines have been deleted, or moved, or altered, and the part which needs to be fixed is either already fixed, or can be found at a different line number and edited. With the kernel things are different - it is much more complex. I would be reluctant to use a kernel where only part of a patch was applied, unless I understood what other change had caused the rejections. Sorry this doesn't help with your problem. ĸen -- `I shall take my mountains', said Lu-Tze. `The climate will be good for them.' -- Small Gods -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
