how to patch this?

[Kevin Brown]

swiver wrote:
> I applied the wrong patch and I got the rejects, then I applied the right
> patch and it "reversed" the prior patch.  On the reverse I got rejected
> lines too.  I guess that is a good thing.
> 
> Wow, this is gettin' nasty.
> 
> I gonna ASSUME that the patch is ok and move on to the next problem.  if the
> whole thing doesn't work, i'll begin again.
> 
> i found the kernel source at redhat.  rpm -ivh kerne*
> 
> and now i have a new *2.4.2 directory under /usr/src.  In that dir is a
> sub-dir called */kernel.  In THAT dir are bunch of .c files, such as acct.c,
> capability.c, context.c, .depend, and dma.c.
> 
> i pointed the make config script at this */kernel dir and it the script is
> rejected it. have i pointed it to the right place?  If not, what does a
> kernel source look like?  Is it one file or many?
> 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>>[mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Kevin
>>Brown
>>Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 10:04 PM
>>To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>>Subject: Re: how to patch this?
>>
>>
>>
>>>ok, great.
>>>
>>>i did as said and the output was some "succeeded", some
>>
>>"rejected" --and I
>>
>>>have an output file called "orinoco.h.rej".
>>>
>>>"make config" wants my kernel source and I don't seem to have it under
>>>/usr/src/* .
>>>
>>>How do I get it and what version should I download--the one for
>>
>>my current
>>
>>>kernel (2.4.2-2)?  I don't see it at rpmfind.net or google.
>>
>>>>>Using RH 7.1.
>>>>>
>>>>>I want to install/patch my orinoco drivers as specified here:
>>>>>http://airsnort.shmoo.com/orinocoinfo.html
>>>>>
>>>>>I guess the actual code in the patch is here:
>>>>>http://airsnort.shmoo.com/orinoco-09b-packet-1.diff.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have no idea what to do with this code?  Do I just copy and
>>>>
>>>>paste it into
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>a .c file or what?  Would someone walk me through what to do with this?
>>>>>This is alien!
>>>>
>>>>It's about to get more so.
>>>>
>>>>The diff needs to be applied to a certain version of pcmcia-cs,
>>>>so first you
>>>>need to get pcmcia-cs (pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net).
>>>>
>>>>cd /usr/src
>>>>tar -xvzf /path/to/pcmcia-cs-xxxxx.tar.gz
>>>>cd pcmcia-cs-version-number
>>>>patch < /path/to/orinoco-09b-packet-1.diff
>>>>make config
>>>>make all
>>>>make install
>>>>
>>>>That gets you the gist.  I don't guarantee that those are the
>>>>only steps you'll
>>>>need.  I'm running RH8, but have to rebuild the kernel myself
>>>>since the kernel
>>>>pcmcia support doesn't work with my laptop.
>>
>>Two things.  Make sure you are using the correct version of
>>pcmcia-cs for that
>>diff (in the case of the 09b patch it's version pcmcia-cs-3.1.33,
>>the 13b patch
>>needs 3.2.1).  Second, to get your kernel source look on the RH cds for
>>kernel-source-2.4.2-2.xxxx.rpm.
>>
>>If you got rejected hunks, then you will need to rectify those
>>before you can
>>proceed with compiling since that means not all of the patch successfully
>>applied.  The .rej files tell you what hunks of data didn't work.

OK, start from scratch.  Don't apply patch on top of patch.

rm -rf /usr/src/pcmcia-cs*

now reextract pcmcia-cs and apply just the one patch needed for whichever 
version you are installing.

now run make config
point it to /usr/src/linux-2.4.2 (NOT to a subdirectory of that folder).