Camaleón wrote:
> I know I could try with kernel >3.3-rc2 where the patch is already
> applied
Yep, results from the kernel in experimental would already be interesting.
> but my guess is that you prefer to check if the patch works
> with current kernel 3.2-9 because that's what wheezy will use, right?
Exactly. Assuming 3.3 works well, I would like to see if that patch
works so it can be applied to the upstream 3.2.y tree, fixing this bug
in wheezy and other 3.2-based distros.
Possible instructions for building a module to test, based on [1]:
# prerequisites
apt-get build-dep linux-2.6; # as root
# get and unpack the source
apt-get source linux-2.6/sid
cd linux-2.6-<version>
fakeroot debian/rules source
fakeroot debian/rules setup_i386_none_686-pae
# apply patch
cd debian/build/build_i386_none_686-pae
patch -p1 < <the patch>
# build driver
make drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/
Alternatively, here is a simpler but more resource-intensive method
that more directly answers the question "is this patch suitable for
the 3.2.y-stable tree?":
# prerequisites
apt-get install git build-essential
# fetch the kernel history if you don't already have it
git clone \
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
# fetch point releases
cd linux
git remote add -f stable \
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git
# test 3.2.y
git checkout stable/linux-3.2.y
cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) .config; # current configuration
make localmodconfig; # optional: minimize configuration
make nconfig; # making sure CONFIG_BRCMSMAC is enabled as a module
make deb-pkg; # optionally with -j<num> for parallel build
dpkg -i ../<name of package>; # as root
reboot
... test test test ...
# hopefully it reproduces the bug. So try the patch:
cd linux
git am -3sc <the patch>
make deb-pkg; # maybe with -j4
dpkg -i ../<name of package>; # as root
reboot
... test test test ...
Sorry for the lack of detail before.
Ciao,
Jonathan
[1]
http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official
or the corresponding page in the debian-kernel-handbook package
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