Re: How do I apply a kernel patch from the mailinglist?

Javier Martinez Canillas <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-newbie
Message-ID <CAAwP0s0ttq_7TU=9cBCVUoqxxvrUy5ggxK7hcXpUKqM_hmGrxg@mail.gmail.com> 
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Chiefdome <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi as asked in the subject is there a howto on the net?
> I dont know how to apply a patch directly from my thunderbird.
> Maybe I m totally wrong
>
> Thanks for your replys.
>

Just save the patch as an ASCII text file (i.e my_driver_fix.patch)

And patch your kernel using the patch binary on top of your Linux
kernel source directory.

For example:

$ cd /home/javier/development/linux-omap-2.6
$ patch -p1 < my_driver_fix.patch

Hope it helps,

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