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metromini

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From: Jakarta, Indonesia

Registered: 2005-08-02

Posts: 39

Making own kernel patches?

Dear archers,

I had to change a file (saa7134-card.c) in kernel source to make my Avermedia TV Tuner work. But i must try to change some code in the file several time. It's not a problem if i'm compiling the kernel by traditional way, but if i follow the arch way, it's so time consumed because i had to extract the original kernel source and then edit saa7134-card.c file again. Then, some questions pop-up in my mind...

1. How do i edit a file in kernel source tarball and put it again in the tarball?
2. How do i make my own kernel patch?
3. Do pacman always extract the sources tarball and overwrite files in $startdir/src when i do makepkg? is it possible to skip that step in makepkg process?

Cam

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From: Brisbane, Aus

Registered: 2004-12-21

Posts: 658

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Re: Making own kernel patches?

Your best bet would just be make a diff file and add that to your PKGBUILD. Just make the changes and save it under a different file name. Use diff to create the file and then use patch to apply it in your PKGBUILD. Here's how I do it

patch --ignore-whitespace <$startdir/right-click.diff $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver/src/adesklets.c

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phrakture

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From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: Making own kernel patches?

you'll want to use "diff -uN saa7134-card.c.orig saa7134-card.c" and "patch -p1" - though my command line options may be slightly off

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