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Re: diff options



On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 01:23:18AM -0500, Geffrey VT wrote:
> Im trying to create a patch for the rh linux kernel "kernel-2.4.18-10.src.rpm", the original
> kernel tree is in /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel2.4/linux and the modified is in
> /usr/src/linux, please which options for "diff" I must use to generate
> correctly the patch..

Read Documentation/SubmittingPatches in Linux kernel sources. Just the
first section is relevant for making the patch itself, so you don't need
to read further.

Note: patch does not work very well when differed files are in different
depth. So you should
ln -s /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel2.4/linux /usr/src/rhlinux
That will make things less error-prone. I am not sure what path striping
would do otherwise.

> how can I place my own config file? Will be in the configs/ subdirectory?

Config file of what. I can't see anything like configs directory in
kernel. (I have no experience with red-hat kernels).

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