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| Newer page: | version 28 | Last edited on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:43:03 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
| Older page: | version 27 | Last edited on Friday, July 7, 2006 6:15:33 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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apt-get kernel-source-''version''
</pre>
to download the latest source.
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+!!! Updating your source tree to the latest version
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+patch-2.6.17 applies against 2.6.16, so if you have 2.6.16.n, you'll have to first remove the 2.6.16.n patch.
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+Use [ketchup|http://kerneltrap.org/node/2976], a Python utility to handle this patching for you.
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+A good command line for NZ users:
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+<pre>
+ketchup -G -k ftp://ftp.nz.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel -r 2.6
+</pre>
+
+Only use -G if you trust the mirror!
!!! Compiler Version
The [Kernel] can be sensitive to the version of [GCC] in use. F.ex. 2.4 and early 2.6 kernels did not work with [GCC] 3.x. They contained the following snippet in <tt>README</tt>:
