Upgrade kernel question

[satimis]

Hi all folks,

Gentoo 1.4

I have following patches downloaded from kernel.org;

patch-2.6.0-test8-bk1.bz2 patch-2.6.0-test8.bz2

bunzip2 patch-2.6.0-test8.bz2
and
bunzip2 patch-2.6.0-test8-bk1.bz2

What step next shall I apply on those patches before taking following steps

make mrproper
make xconfig
make clean
make bzImage
make modules
THEN SU TO ROOT
make modules_install
mount /boot
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/linux-2.6.0-test8-mmx
Edit grub with nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf

What will the patch-2.6.0-test8-bk1.bz2 be used for?

Kindly advise. Thanks in advance.

B.R.
satimis

[Hayl]

to patch a kernel, you copy the .patch file into the kernel source code directory (i.e. /usr/src/linux) and then run the following:

patch -p1 < name_of_your_patch.patch

i have no idea what the patch-2.6.0-test8-bk1.bz2 file is for. didn't you read what it was on kernel.org before downloading?

you shouldn't need to patch a kernel yourself to get 2.6.0-test8, it should be in portage or if it isn't right now, it will be shortly as they seem to be keeping up with the 2.6.0 test series.