Hi all. I am in a situation where I need to backport usb to 2.2.14. I
personally think this is a bad idea and have expressed this opinion over
and over to the powers that be, but alas, this is the situation. No
backport patch file exists for such a situation. So far the suggestions I
have recieved have been to copy the usb stuff from 2.2.18 to the 2.2.14
kernel and work it from there...and that this should be relatively easy.
Well, it is not easy. I have tried several methods, including, but not
limited to:
1. straight copy of drivers/usb from 2.2.18 to 2.2.14. Then set the usb
options I need to compile in and copy the files I need as I find
errors. This seems to be an extraordinarily tedious process, as I
have to wait for a compile error each time I copy in a new (2.2.18)
file.
2. patch the 2.2.16 kernel with the usb patch at www.linux-usb.com and
use it to patch the 2.2.14 kernel in the same manner as #1. Same
tedious problem.
3. try to use diff to generate a patch file between the already-patched
2.2.16 kernel and the 2.2.14 kernel. When I do this, I always find
something that is missing when I compile. Often it's an error in an
area I'm not trying to patch, like block devices.
Does anyone have any suggestions or methods of attack to go about solving
this problem? Why would I be told that it should be easy to port the
2.2.18 usb stuff to the 2.2.14 kernel?
If this questions is better suited for another list or a newsgroup, please
let me know. Thanks in advance...
Mike
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