From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 8 12:57:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA10309 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 12:57:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gatekeeper.isltd.insignia.com (root@gatekeeper.isltd.insignia.com [193.133.95.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA10304 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 12:57:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Kevin.Quinlan@isltd.insignia.com) Received: from samba.isltd.insignia.com (samba.isltd.insignia.com [193.112.19.63]) by gatekeeper.isltd.insignia.com (8.8.8/BSCF-1.7) with ESMTP id UAA26906 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 20:57:40 GMT From: Kevin Quinlan Message-Id: <433.199712082057@samba.isltd.insignia.com> Received: (from kevin@localhost) by samba.isltd.insignia.com (8.8.3/BSCF-1.3) id UAA00433 for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 20:57:30 GMT Subject: Fixes for land.c and F00F on 2.1.5/2.1.7 To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 20:57:30 +0000 (GMT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, I have read the web page on your fixes for the SYN bug and the Pentium problem. I would like to apply fixes for both to systems that are running 2.1.5 and 2.1.7 I cannot really upgrade these systems to 2.2.5 at the moment, not without a lot of pain anyway. So I would like to apply patches to the current running systems if at all possible. The web page says use cvsup, and I have actually copied over the binary distribution, but the manual implies that there are no updates for the 2.1 branch. My question is thus pretty simple, what is the best way for me to apply patches for these problems? Can I use cvsup just to upgrade the kernel, or should I try and merge in the patches for 2.2 into my 2.1 systems? Or am I stuck with no option but to fully upgrade to 2.2.5? Sorry if this is an FAQ, I have searched the archives and scanned the newsgroup, but I have not seen anything authoratative on this yet. Kevin Quinlan -- Kevin.Quinlan@isltd.insignia.com Kevin.Quinlan@insignia.co.uk