Re: [PATCH] cx23885: add support for Hauppauge ImpactVCB-e

[Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>]

On 04/15/2014 12:41 PM, it-support wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> This is a very noobie question,  but my 'patch' command does not return 
> to the command prompt.
> 
> I assume that my problem is one (or all four) of:
> 
> 1) the patch doesn't start or end where I think it does (I assume the 
> first line is
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23885-cards.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23885-cards.c
> 
> and the last line is:
> 
>   #define GPIO_1 0x00000002
> 
> 2) I have put it in the wrong directory (I tried:
> 
> ~/linuxtv/media_build/linux/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/
> 
> and
> 
> ~/linuxtv/media_build
> 
> 3) My patch syntax is wrong.  I run it in the same directory as the file 
> like this: patch -b cx23885.diff

It's: patch -b <cx23885.diff

I still make this mistake and I've been doing this for many, many years :-)

Regards,

	Hans