RE: what is the best 2.6.2 kernel code?

From: yiding_wang
Date: Fri Feb 13 2004 - 18:54:06 EST


Thanks fro all of your explanation. It looks like I have to make sure all my software is updated for 2.6.2 build process (my original linux is 2.4.18. I will check and try it again!

Thanks again!

Eddie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rik van Riel [mailto:riel@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 2:37 PM
> To: WANG,YIDING (A-SanJose,ex1)
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: what is the best 2.6.2 kernel code?
>
>
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 yiding_wang@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > I downloaded kernel linux-2.6.2.tar.gz and patch-2.6.2.bz2
> from kernel
> > source. Both files are dated 03-Feb.-2004.
> >
> > Building new kernel from the source failed on fs/proc/array.o.
> > Patching with patch file will have numerous warning message
> which says
> > "Reversed patch detected! Assume -R [n]".
>
> linux-2.6.1 + patch-2.6.2 results in linux-2.6.2
>
> If you download linux-2.6.2 you don't need to apply
> any patches.
>
> Please see http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
>
> cheers,
>
> Rik
> --
> "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
> Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
> by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan
>
>
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