Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 16:23:02 +0530 From: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> To: Foo Ji-Haw <jhfoo@nexlabs.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do you patch a driver? Message-ID: <43410D8E.60602@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <004a01c5c7d3$a6fb2170$c801a8c0@nexpc> References: <00ad01c5c7c8$e187d7d0$c801a8c0@nexpc> <4340AB54.5080101@gmail.com> <004a01c5c7d3$a6fb2170$c801a8c0@nexpc>
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Foo Ji-Haw sat at his 'puter and typed on 10/3/2005 10:03: > Hello Subhro, > > Thanks for your help. From the link I have the following files: > > ata-mk3m.diff-current.gz (2k) > ata-mk3m.diff-releng5.gz (2k) > ata-mk3m.tar.gz (100k) > ata-mk3n-releng5.tar.gz (113k) > ata-mk3n.diff-releng5.gz (2k) > > Which file should I be using? Is 'current' better than 'releng5'? Do I also > need to download a pair of files: ata-mk3m.diff-current.gz with > ata-mk3m.tar.gz? > > Sorry, but I am quite confused with kernal patching. Recompiling yes, but > never patched in my life. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Subhro" <subhro.kar@gmail.com> > To: "Foo Ji-Haw" <jhfoo@nexlabs.com> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 11:53 AM > Subject: Re: How do you patch a driver? > > > >> Foo Ji-Haw sat at his 'puter and typed on 10/3/2005 8:46: >> >>> Hello Gheorghe, >>> >>> I read with interest your success in getting your Adaptec 1210SA to work >>> > on FreeBSD. In your email you wrote that you downloaded patches to the > driver code (and recompiled the kernel?) from > http://people.freebsd.org/~sos/ATA > >>> I downloaded the files myself, but am not sure how to proceed from >>> > there. Can you please give me some pointers on the next steps? > >>> Appreciate your help, thanks! >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >>> >> The general way to patch a driver is patch -p0 < patch_file. The patch >> file is to be copied in the first level directory of the source code. >> >> Thanks >> S. >> >> You need to read the handbook. Read through the chapter describing the different trees of development. If you want to run the OS on a production box I would recommend stable. Current is only for developers. BTW, your mail client indents the replies incorrectly. I can see that you are using Microsoft Outlook 6.0. I would recommend get Thunderbird. It's a much better client alltogether. Thanks S. -- -----------------+------------------------------------------------- | Subhro Sankha Kar \ / | GSM: +919831064613 -- Fax: +919831832913 \./ | MSN:subhro@subhro.org -- Yahoo: subhro82 (0Y0) | ICQ: 203567534 -- AIM: bsdboy1982 --ooO--(_)--Ooo--+-------------------------------------------------
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