problem compiling kernel

Jim Ruxton cinetron-uEvt2TsIf2EsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org
Wed Mar 24 21:24:22 UTC 2004


Hi Jing,

Thanks I downloaded a patch that fixed it 2.6.5-rc2-bk4 . Now if only I 
could see my screen. I guess I goofed in the config file somewhere :-(
Jim

>>>Second, I'm running the 2.6.4 kernel and I don't see those files in my
>>>kernel source tree.  Are those sources additional patches?
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>I applied patch 2.4.5-rc2 to the kernel not sure if that may be where
>>they came from? Any other thoughts on this?
>>Jim
>>    
>>
>
>What's the patch that you mentioned supposed to do?  There might be a
>native 2.6 alternative.
>
>Hmmm I'm not sure how safe it is to apply patches from different kernel
>versions, especially across revision numbers.  It seems that the mixture
>of 2.4 module code with the 2.6 kernel code is the likely culprit.
>
>-Jing
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