* Hugo Vanwoerkom (2007-06-07): > André Berger wrote: > > * Hugo Vanwoerkom (2007-06-05): > >> André Berger wrote: > >>> Let me give you an example to illustrate what I would like to know: > >>> Given, kernel 2.6.22 was out, and 2.6.21.3 was the latest previous > >>> stable kernel. Is there a patch against 2.6.21.3, for an easy upgrade > >>> to 2.6.22? > >> Are you referring to Debian packages or kernels from www.kernel.org? > > Sorry: the kernel.org sources. > >> The latter will publish a patch against 2.6.21 when 2.6.22 goes stable. > > Could you point me to a URL please? Would I have to remove the > > patches 1-3 (in my example) prior to using this patch against 2.6.21? > > I've been using the incremental patches from > > <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/incr/>, but they only > > work "within" a release cycle (2.6.21.1-2, for example). Not exactly > > what I'm thinking of for my slow box. > > So here: > http://www.kernel.org/ > they now have: > The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is: 2.6.21.3 > and that last piece refers to: > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.21.3.bz2 > which is a patch against the 2.6.21 kernel. > When 2.6.22 goes stable that line will read: > The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is: 2.6.22 > and that last piece will refer *probably* to: > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.22.bz2 > which *still* is a patch against the 2.6.21 kernel.
The thing is: both patches seem to apply to 2.6.21 not 2.6.21.* (your ex. 1). So I would have to downgrade to 2.6.21 in order to use any of these. Right? -André
