On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 11:57:57AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > I've patched my kernel.org kernel from one version to the next, but now > I have one machine running 2.4.21 that I'd like to upgrade. > > Is there a way to get a patch generated (patch-o-matic kind of thing) to > patch from 2.4.21 to 2.4.25?
I'm not going to say flat out that it doesn't exist, but I've never heard of it. But I don't think there's anything to stop you getting the four patches and applying them in succession to the 2.4.21 source to get you up to 2.4.25. > I also have machines running 2.4.24. Would it not be easiest to get the source off one of these machines, put it on the 2.4.21 box and patch it up to 2.4.25? > Or is it time to move to 2.6.3? I have not be paying much attention to > all the 2.6 posts on debian-user, but I guess I need new modutils > package, right? Is there a debian 2.6 upgrade primer around? The recent thread "Kernel 2.6.3 again" contains a pretty good list of what packages need to be upgraded. For woody, backports will be required. The most important one is to get module-init-tools, but others such as e2fsprogs are also fairly important. 2.6 has ALSA built in, and it appears to me that the Debian ALSA packages haven't yet come to terms with this as regards dependencies, so you may end up with some unnecessary cruft, config inconsistencies and the like. I may be wrong here, though, as I've only looked into this very superficially. Before taking the plunge I'd recommend googling for the type numbers of your MB chipset and any cards you have in conjunction with "2.6", to see if there are any lurking nasties that might bite with your hardware; ditto for critical packages you'll be using. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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