[linux-audio-user] Patching the kernel - question

[Lee Revell]

On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 10:17 -0500, Josh Lawrence wrote:
> I'm confused about how to properly patch a kernel.  I tried to patch a
> kernel recently with Mingo's patch, and it failed.  In researching the
> problem, I came up with this:
> 
> http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/HowToApplyAPatch
> 
> >From what I can understand, this document is telling me that I would
> need to download kernel 2.6 (no incremental versions), and apply the
> most recent Mingo patch (as of today, 2.6.16-rt20) from there.  Prior
> to reading this, I always thought that you downloaded the most recent
> full kernel (as of today, 2.6.16.15), the most recent patch (as of
> today, 2.6.16-rt20), and go from there.  Which way is the proper way?

It's easier than you think it is - the name of the mingo patch tells you
exactly which kernel to apply it against.  In this case it's 2.6.16.

Lee