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diff --git a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst index 2e7017bef4b8..c269f5e1a0a3 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst @@ -249,6 +249,10 @@ The 5.x.y (-stable) and 5.x patches live at https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ +The 5.x.y incremental patches live at + + https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/incr/ + The -rc patches are not stored on the webserver but are generated on demand from git tags such as @@ -308,12 +312,11 @@ versions. If no 5.x.y kernel is available, then the highest numbered 5.x kernel is the current stable kernel. -.. note:: +The -stable team provides normal as well as incremental patches. Below is +how to apply these patches. - The -stable team usually do make incremental patches available as well - as patches against the latest mainline release, but I only cover the - non-incremental ones below. The incremental ones can be found at - https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/incr/ +Normal patches +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These patches are not incremental, meaning that for example the 5.7.3 patch does not apply on top of the 5.7.2 kernel source, but rather on top @@ -331,6 +334,21 @@ Here's a small example:: $ cd .. $ mv linux-5.7.2 linux-5.7.3 # rename the kernel source dir +Incremental patches +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Incremental patches are different: instead of being applied on top +of base 5.x kernel, they are applied on top of previous stable kernel +(5.x.y-1). + +Here's the example to apply these:: + + $ cd ~/linux-5.7.2 # change to the kernel source dir + $ patch -p1 < ../patch-5.7.2-3 # apply the new 5.7.3 patch + $ cd .. + $ mv linux-5.7.2 linux-5.7.3 # rename the kernel source dir + + The -rc kernels =============== @@ -389,7 +407,7 @@ The -mm patches are experimental patches released by Andrew Morton. In the past, -mm tree were used to also test subsystem patches, but this function is now done via the -`linux-next <https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-next.html>` +`linux-next` (https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-next.html) tree. The Subsystem maintainers push their patches first to linux-next, and, during the merge window, sends them directly to Linus. |