Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:56:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:56:30 -0500 Received: from ns.rf0.com ([198.78.66.18]:270 "EHLO freebsd.rf0.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:56:26 -0500 Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:03:30 +0000 (GMT) From: Rus Foster X-X-Sender: rghf@freebsd.rf0.com To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Patching 2.5.xx Message-ID: <20021120170131.D63367-100000@freebsd.rf0.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 533 Lines: 15 Hi All, I've decided to start trying out the 2.5 kernels and I've got the 2.5.47 tarball and the 2.5.48 patch. However looking at the diff file its trying to create an a and b directory. Is there a special significance for this and how do I go about applying the patch? Rgds Rus Foster - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/