Re: [patch 00/31] 2.6.20-stable review

Greg KH
2007-03-21T03:42:11Z

On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 11:04:43PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 March 2007, Michael Krufky wrote:
> >Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> On Tuesday 20 March 2007, Greg KH wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 01:15:02AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>>> In any event, something tickled the monster, and its hungry. This
> >>>> is a full-stop, show-stopper AFAIAC.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'll cut that patch-2.6.20.4-rc1 in halves, and build 2 more test
> >>>> kernels tomorrow to start a bisect if no one has any better idea
> >>>> before then.
> >>>
> >>> I'd recommend using the quilt tree of patches to do this, it will be
> >>> easier than trying to split the larger patch up into pieces by hand.
> >>>
> >>> thanks,
> >>>
> >>> greg k-h
> >>
> >> I don't have quilt installed, and no idea how to use it if it was,
> >> Greg. Even my git is now pushing a year old.
> >
> >Gene-
> >
> >quilt is a very easy tool to use... Here is a quick run-down.
> >
> >#1) remove the stable -rc patch from the tree
> >
> >#2) install quilt
> >
> >#3) go to your source tree, and create a directory called "patches"
> >
> >#4) copy all of the patches from Greg's queue into that "patches"
> > directory, including the "series" file.
> >
> >#5) quilt push, to apply the first patch
> > quilt push, to apply the second patch (you get the idea)
> > quilt push -a , to apply all patches in the series
> >
> >#6) quilt pop, to back out the most recent patch pushed in
> > quilt pop -a to back out the entire series.
> >
> >If a patch doesnt apply, quilt will let you know about it, and present
> > you with the option to force the patch to apply. This is highly
> > unlikely to occur, since Greg has already done what needs to be done to
> > make these patches apply to the source.
> >
> >For a better explanation, see "man quilt". Using quilt, when you have a
> > list of patches and a series file containing the merge order is *much*
> > easier that a git bisection, and can help you to find the problem patch
> > much quicker.
> >
> >I hope this helps...
> >
> It looks like, from the series files contents, that I grabbed the
> wrong 'queue', its all 2.6.21 stuff. url please.

The patch queue can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git

All of the patches and the series file are in the review-2.6.20/
directory.

thanks,

greg k-h