Ok, found those but...no patches, just files ending in -i386

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, Bonez wrote:

> Lonni:
>
> I am sure this appears really lame, but I followed the link below, found
> three directories, with various 2.4.20 CVS files, all aimed at patching the
> 2.4.20 kernel for XFS. However, when I bunzip them, they didn't bear a .patch
> extension, but just -i386 instead. I copied the xfs-2.4.20-all-i386 file into
> my kernel source directory, and ran patch -p1 xfs-2.4.20-all-i386, and of
> course nothing happened.

The patch command requires at least two parameters:
1) The file(s) with the patch
2) A directive of what to patch

You didn't provide #2, so its waiting, very patiently, for that
information before it can proceed.

For a reason unknown to me, the XFS folks wrote their patchfile so that it
expects your pristine source to be in a '2.4.20' directory.  A simple
workaround is to create a symlink, 2.4.20 that points to wherever you put
the kernel source.  You then envoke the patch from a level _above_ the
2.4.20 dir, like so:
patch -p0 < xfs-2.4.20-all-i386

This should do the trick.  Please reply to the list if you have additional
questions.  Keeping this in private email between the two of us, isn't
helping anyone else.

>
> I thank you for holding my hand through this. I am going to be a firm
> believer and user of XFS if I can just get it working on my system here.
>
> Thank You,
>
> Scott
>
> On Tuesday 24 December 2002 15:27, you wrote:
> > ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/patches
> >
> > On 12/24/02 09:22, Bonez wrote:
> > > Lonni:
> > >
> > > I don't mean to sound brain dead, but WHERE exactly is the 2.4.20 patch?
> > > I go to your site, and look to the help files there, and it says it was
> > > last updated 18 April 2002.
> > >
> > > I will gladly get the newest patch if you can point the way.
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 24 December 2002 09:43, you wrote:
> > >> On 12/24/02 06:10, Bonez wrote:
> > >> > Lonni:
> > >> >
> > >> > I am trying to patch my 2.4.20 kernel using the 2.4.18 xfs patch.
> > >>
> > >> Why?  Use the 2.4.20 patch, that's why its there.
>

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