Hi!
What kind of patches are or should be safe to apply to vanilla kernel tree?
I guess driver updates and small security fixes should not be a problem for
xen..
1. Extract vanilla kernel (2.6.11)
2. Apply patches (2.6.11.3)
3. Run mkbuildtree
It looks like above steps should be OK. Just asking to be sure :)
Patches which touch arch/ might be a problem ?
Thanks!
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> What kind of patches are or should be safe to apply to > vanilla kernel tree? > I guess driver updates and small security fixes should not be > a problem for > xen.. > > 1. Extract vanilla kernel (2.6.11) > 2. Apply patches (2.6.11.3) > 3. Run mkbuildtree > > It looks like above steps should be OK. Just asking to be sure :)Most patches work fine.> Patches which touch arch/ might be a problem ?Yes, anything that hits a file in arch/i386 or include/asm-i386 may be a problem. You could appply the patch normally, and then modify it such that it also applied to arch/xen/i386 and include/ams-xen/asm-i386, then reapply. Ian ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
On 14 Mar 2005, at 10:42, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:> 1. Extract vanilla kernel (2.6.11) > 2. Apply patches (2.6.11.3) > 3. Run mkbuildtree > > It looks like above steps should be OK. Just asking to be sure :) > > Patches which touch arch/ might be a problem ?A better order, which can also deal with some arch/ patches, is 1. Extract vanilla 2.6.11 kernel 2. Run mkbuildtree 3. Rewrite 2.6.11.3 patch so that arch/i386 hits arch/xen/i386 for any file that arch/xen overrides 4. Apply modified patch and cross your fingers -- Keir ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 10:51:54AM +0000, Keir Fraser wrote:> > On 14 Mar 2005, at 10:42, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > >1. Extract vanilla kernel (2.6.11) > >2. Apply patches (2.6.11.3) > >3. Run mkbuildtree > > > >It looks like above steps should be OK. Just asking to be sure :) > > > >Patches which touch arch/ might be a problem ? > > A better order, which can also deal with some arch/ patches, is > 1. Extract vanilla 2.6.11 kernel > 2. Run mkbuildtree > 3. Rewrite 2.6.11.3 patch so that arch/i386 hits arch/xen/i386 for any > file that arch/xen overrides > 4. Apply modified patch and cross your fingers >:) Thanks! -- Pasi Kärkkäinen ^ . . Linux / - \ Choice.of.the .Next.Generation. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel