Quoth Kurt Wall: It's bad form, I know, to follow up my own post. Live with it.
> I start with a fresh 2.4.19 tarball: > > $ tar -jxf linux-2.4.19.bz2 > $ find linux-2.4.19 -name \*rej -print | wc -l > 0 > > Patch to 2.4.20: > > $ bunzip2 -c patch-2.4.20.bz2 | patch -p0 > [...] > $ mv 2.4.19 2.4.20 > $ find linux-2.4.20 -name \*rej -print > 0 > > Patch to 2.4.21: > > $ bunzip2 -c patch-2.4.21.bz2 | patch -p0 > [...] > $ mv 2.4.20 2.4.21 > $ find linux-2.4.21 -name \*rej -print > 0 > > Now apply the weekly snapshot patch (linux-2.4.21-core-xfs-1.3.0.patch.gz): > > $ gunzip -c linux-2.4.21-core-xfs-1.3.0.patch.gz | patch -d linux-2.4.20 -p1 > [...] > $ find linux-2.4.21 -name \*rej -print | wc -l > 0 > > Well, hell, this time it worked. :-\ Figures. > > I�ll report back after I�ve tried building and booting the new kernel. The kernel wouldn't get past "make dep". So, Reverse the last patch: $ gunzip -c linux-2.4.21-core-xfs-1.3.0.patch.gz | patch -d linux-2.4.20 -p1 -R Apply ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/patches/weekly-snapshot-patch/linux-2.4.21-xfs-2003-06-13.patch.bz2: $ bunzip -c linux-2.4.21-xfs-2003-06-13.patch.bz2 | patch -d linux-2.4.21 -p1 $ find linux-2.4.21 -name \*rej -print | wc -l 0 Everything worked. I'm running 2.4.21 patched with support for XFS as I write (see the X-Operating-System: header). Kurt -- Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds. Biochemistry is the study of carbon compounds that crawl. -- Mike Adams _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
