Re: r8187se panic

[James Womack <james.c.womack@gmail.com>]

On 14/11/10 16:18, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 11/14/2010 06:22 AM, James Womack wrote:
>> Okay, I've downloaded the necessary tools and extracted the kernel
>> source. I have a tutorial on how to patch and build the kernel. Where
>> should I apply your patches?
>
> Change directory to the main directory of the kernel source - the one with
> subdirectories like arch, block, crypto, drivers, etc. Apply patches with a
> command of the form
>
> patch -p1 --dry-run<  <nameofpatch>
>
> If that works without any error, then leave out the "--dry-run" to apply the
> patch. If/when it is necessary to remove the patch, adding a "-R" option will do
> that.
>
> When you build the kernel, you should do that as a normal user, not root. If the
> source files are not owned by that user, you should do a chown on that tree
> before starting.
>
> Larry
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Hey, I tried patching the kernel I downloaded, but the dry runs both 
presented errors detailed below:

james@mercury:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32$ patch -p1 --dry-run < 
/home/james/rtl8187se_change_panic_to_warn
patching file drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8185b_init.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 356 with fuzz 2 (offset 92 lines).
Hunk #2 FAILED at 302.
1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file 
drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8185b_init.c.rej
james@mercury:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32$ patch -p1 --dry-run < 
/home/james/rtl8187se_
rtl8187se_change_panic_to_warn  rtl8187se_lock_pci_remove
james@mercury:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32$ patch -p1 --dry-run < 
/home/james/rtl8187se_lock_pci_remove
patching file drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c
patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line
patch: **** unexpected end of file in patch
james@mercury:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32$

Do I need to do anything to the kernel source before applying the patches?

James