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From: Pierre de Villemereuil <flyos@mailoo.org>
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Subject: Re: USB hot-plug not working (ASUS TP301UA-C4028T)
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:58:33 +1300
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Hi!

I've branched the kernel package on the OpenSUSE Build Server, I'll=20
try to apply the patch there (this ought to be cleanest method).

Starting from the root of the kernel tarball, the patch should be=20
applied to drivers/pci/pci.c, am I right?

Cheers,
Pierre.


Le mercredi 12 octobre 2016, 14:23:35 NZDT Alan Stern a =C3=A9crit :
> On Wed, 12 Oct 2016, Pierre de Villemereuil wrote:
> > Hi!
> >=20
> > I'm sorry, I'm not savvy enough to know what to do with this (I=20
know
> > basics on how to code and compile, but I'm no dev). Could=20
someone
> > guide me through it?
> >=20
> > I gather this patch needs to be applied to some kernel module=20
code
> > which needs to be compiled and reloaded into my current kernel,
> > right?
>=20
> More likely you'll have to rebuild an entire new kernel, not just=20
a
> single module.
>=20
> Search the support site for the distribution you are using.  It=20
ought
> to contain reasonably thorough instructions on how to build and=20
install
> your own version of their kernel.
>=20
> Once you know how to do all that, I can tell you how the patch=20
should
> be applied -- that's the easy part.
>=20
> Alan Stern