Control: tags -1 + moreinfo Hi Rick,
On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 02:23:59PM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > Hi Rick, > > On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 02:55:42AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > > On Sep 9, 2018, at 1:59 AM, Wolfram Sang <w...@the-dreams.de> wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Sep 08, 2018 at 02:48:01PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > >> Thanks! Yes, I’ll give it a try. > > > > > > Note: You can either build the v4.19-rc1 tar ball which has the patch > > > already included. Or you can take your Debian kernel and add this patch: > > > > > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/960488/ > > > > > > You can download it as mbox there which gives you a file to apply. > > > > Thank you! > > > > Please remember, I’ve never done this before… so I’ve still got a couple > > of questions: > > > > How do I get a copy of the v4.19-rc1 tar ball, if I decide to go that way? > > And once I’ve got it, which section of the kernel handbook do I look in for > > instructions to build it? > > > > And supposing I decide to go the other way and add the patch to my current > > kernel (4.18.0-1-powerpc64) how do I get the patch in a form that I can add > > it to the kernel? I’m assuming that section 4.2.2 “Simple patching and > > building” is where I go for instructions once I’ve got the patch? > > > > Thanks, and really sorry for my ignorance! > > if you want to do the road as described in 4.2.2, please find > attached the extracted patch to use as argument to test-patches > script. > > If you want instead to built 4.19-rc1 cf. > https://kernel-team.pages.debian.net/kernel-handbook/ch-common-tasks.html#s-kernel-org-package > . Any reporting back here? Regards, Salvatore
