Viral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > How does one create a kernel patch. > > I tried diff -r --new-files -u <old tree> <new tree> > > But the resulting patch didn't apply correctly. > I also noticed that my paths were hardcoded in the patch, but I believe > I can solve that by using relative paths.
The usual way to avoid (too much) path info in diffs is to have a both the old and the new tree under the same directory, and start diff from this directory. E.g. "diff -ruN linux.old linux". Applying the patch then needs a cd to the linux dir (and -p1 as argument) or to its parent dir (and -p0). In the later case, the name of the linux directory has to match one of those in your diff. -- Robbe
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