Re: [PATCH] Documentation: describe how to apply incremental stable patches

[Ken Moffat]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2022 at 04:29:28PM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > The applying patches document
> > (Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst) mentions incremental stable
> > patches, but there is no example of how to apply them. Describe the
> > process.
> >
> > While at it, remove note about incremental patches and move the external
> > link of 5.x.y incremental patches to "Where can I download patches?"
> > section.
> >
> > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: SeongJae Park <sjpark@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++++----
> >  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> I've applied this, thanks.  I do have to wonder, though, how useful this
> information is anymore.  Does anybody actually apply kernel-patch files
> this far into the Git era?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> jon

I do.  I have several machines with multiple systems (current, old,
older, experimental) and mostly I build current kernels in the
current system, and older LTS in the old systems.  Ideally I will
find time to test an rc, but I only use git for kernels when I need
to bisect.  I find it much easier to keep the initial relase tarball
and chosen point patches on my local nfs.

My interests are userspace, and some of my machines are
comparatively slow to compile kernels.

ĸen 

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