Newbie: howto get mm tree up to date using quilt

Newbie: howto get mm tree up to date using quilt

[Charles 'Mack' Rhinelander]

I'm running 2.6.28-rc2-mm1, the latest mm tree. I'd like to patch it
so it's up to date, and try using the daily snapshots.

Can somebody please tell me the steps to do this? I've diligently read
"The Kernel Tester's Guide" and done many google searches, and I've
got quilt, but I can't tell how these instructions apply to the
contents of /pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.28-rc2/2.6.28-rc2-mm1
For example, there's no "series" file, it's called "patch-series"

Am I supposed to change the name?  And what all are "broken-out,"
"hot-fixes," "patch-list....?"

Thanks

Mack Rhinelander

Re: Newbie: howto get mm tree up to date using quilt

[Randy Dunlap]

Charles 'Mack' Rhinelander wrote:
> I'm running 2.6.28-rc2-mm1, the latest mm tree. I'd like to patch it
> so it's up to date, and try using the daily snapshots.

Daily snapshots of what?  mm-tree doesn't have daily snapshots.
Andrew Morton hasn't released a -mm patchset lately.  He's been making
"mmotm" (mm of the moment) releases/announcements.

> Can somebody please tell me the steps to do this? I've diligently read
> "The Kernel Tester's Guide" and done many google searches, and I've
> got quilt, but I can't tell how these instructions apply to the
> contents of /pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.28-rc2/2.6.28-rc2-mm1
> For example, there's no "series" file, it's called "patch-series"

Forget about 2.6.28-rc2-mm1.  Start using the -mmotm patches that are found
in http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/

> Am I supposed to change the name?  And what all are "broken-out,"
> "hot-fixes," "patch-list....?"

One easy way is to download these scripts from
http://www.xenotime.net/linux/scripts/ :

get-mmotm
get-base-and-mmotm
grab_kernel

get-base-and-mmotm calls the other 2 scripts and downloads the base kernel
version that mmotm applies to, then downloads mmotm, then applies the mmotm
patchset to the base tree.


-- 
~Randy
LPC 2009, Sept. 23-25, Portland, Oregon
http://linuxplumbersconf.org/2009/

Re: Newbie: howto get mm tree up to date using quilt

[Hannes Eder]

2009/6/26 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap-/UHa2rfvQTnk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>:
> Charles 'Mack' Rhinelander wrote:
>> I'm running 2.6.28-rc2-mm1, the latest mm tree. I'd like to patch it
>> so it's up to date, and try using the daily snapshots.
>
> Daily snapshots of what?  mm-tree doesn't have daily snapshots.
> Andrew Morton hasn't released a -mm patchset lately.  He's been making
> "mmotm" (mm of the moment) releases/announcements.

Might help see:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/12/16/327

especially:
http://git.zen-sources.org/?p=mmotm.git;a=summary

but I don't know if this is still alive.

hth,
-Hannes