Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 14:07:35 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: KillG@erols.com (Gk) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newbie question about patching Message-ID: <199807111807.OAA00232@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <35A7A2E9.9BB7053F@erols.com> from Gk at "Jul 11, 98 01:37:46 pm"
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Gk wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to FreeBSD and I am attempting to get my soundblaster 32 sound > card > to work. I found that I needed Luigi Rizzo's pnp kernel mods, so I > proceeded to download them from > http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/pnp971020.tgz. > > After extracting the conents the README file contained this line > > -snip > * apply the patches contained in "patches.225" to the following > files: > -snip > > Upon opening the file "patches.225" I found a lot of cryptic looking > text like > > -snip > --- /sys/i386/conf/files.i386.orig Mon Sep 15 06:56:49 1997 > +++ /sys/i386/conf/files.i386 Sat Oct 18 11:45:19 1997 > @@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ > i386/isa/pcvt/pcvt_out.c optional vt device-driver > i386/isa/pcvt/pcvt_sup.c optional vt device-driver > i386/isa/pcvt/pcvt_vtf.c optional vt device-driver > +i386/isa/pnp.c optional pnp device-driver > i386/isa/prof_machdep.c optional profiling-routine > i386/isa/psm.c optional psm device-driver > -snip > > My question is how exactly do I apply the patches? Am I missing some > info > about how this is done? > Yup. The "patch file" is the output of a diff; there is a patch program (man patch) that will do the application for you. In this case (judging from the filenames which start at the / (root), you would simply do patch <patches.225 then configure and compile the patched kernel. Dave -- Sancho Panza: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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