Return-path: Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:34697 "EHLO lo.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755332Ab0KNMW6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:22:58 -0500 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PHbbj-0005hH-1u for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:22:55 +0100 Received: from cpc7-aztw22-2-0-cust235.aztw.cable.virginmedia.com ([94.171.255.236]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:22:55 +0100 Received: from james.c.womack by cpc7-aztw22-2-0-cust235.aztw.cable.virginmedia.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:22:55 +0100 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org From: James Womack Subject: Re: r8187se panic Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:22:16 +0000 Message-ID: References: <4CDC9FA5.10002@lwfinger.net> <4CDD3BC4.7070102@lwfinger.net> <4CDD66C4.10603@lwfinger.net> <4CDD7945.70005@lwfinger.net> <4CDEDC74.3040902@lwfinger.net> <4CDEEEE4.80801@lwfinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed In-Reply-To: <4CDEEEE4.80801@lwfinger.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 13/11/10 20:02, Larry Finger wrote: > On 11/13/2010 01:27 PM, James Womack wrote: >> If building a kernel is as simple as building other programs from source >> (i.e. configure, make, make install), I could do that. I'm using Debian >> at the moment. Presumably I'd need a compiler of some kind, which I >> could obtain from the repos. I am not sure how one would apply patches >> to the kernel, however. Would I be able to compile a modified kernel and >> add this to grub whilst retaining the ability to boot in the unmodified >> kernel? > > It is similar to the process used with other programs. My distro is openSUSE and > the steps are to get the kernel source, the kernel development package, and the > patch utility using YaST. Other distros use emerge, apt-get, or similar > utilities. The easiest way to configure the kernel is to match the current one > using the compressed version in /proc/config.gz. You should end up with an > additional kernel in the GRUB menu that can be selected at boot time. > > Larry > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Okay, I've downloaded the necessary tools and extracted the kernel source. I have a tutorial on how to patch and build the kernel. Where should I apply your patches? James