On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:35:46 +1200 Peter Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:04:23 +1200 > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I suspect he is better to download the kernel source for his distro > > and kernel version - otherwise other things may break. > > > > > ummmmm > yes and no (irish blood) > we could try it that way but a common problem here is that distro's > release kernels which have had all kinds of patch sets applied to them > & this often makes it difficult to cleanly apply patches of ones own. > > i notice that mandrake does give the option of installing a vanilla > kernel but am not sure re other distros. > > anyway i'm quite happy to give it a shot this way - if we run into > problems unsurmountable we can always try the plain way. > > a small thought occurs - dependant on which distro Nick's using, the > supplied kernel(s) may have already had the needed patchset applied, > which would be real good. > > Nick, which distro(and kernel) are you using? he said way up the thread it was mandrake 9.1, not sure what kernel. - aaah by the look of it 2.4.21. (seems to be whats in man91) what you say is correct BUT doing without the mandrake patches is likely to break something. a two edged sword really. anyway, i understood acpi is in the kernel isn't it? is it necessary to patch? where do i find mandrake src.rpm's ?? I need to find what patches are applied I guess. > > cheers > peter > ps: i'm wondering what the other things which might get broken are? > > --
