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authorrusty <rusty>2000-10-11 05:50:35 +0000
committerrusty <rusty>2000-10-11 05:50:35 +0000
commit2b8779f56446e6cf8e6193c2b3c07f67c6b11a5e (patch)
tree06e3ca4238aa72129b1fbf92c459a5e10a68d6e3
parentf6eec9c347dd9c8f0f6bed8dd0b4d31f0f84f076 (diff)
Add patch-o-matic comment.
-rw-r--r--INSTALL12
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 991f3c9..353d825 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
===================
+0) If you want to try some fun extensions, try:
+ % make patch-o-matic KERNEL_DIR=<<where-your-kernel-is>>
1) If /usr/src/linux contains the kernel headers of a recent 2.4
kernel:
@@ -17,15 +19,7 @@ That's it!
================
Problems you may encounter:
-1) If your kernel is too old, you may be asked to apply one or more of
- the patches in the directory to your kernel. This can be safely
- done as follows:
-
- cp -al <<where-your-kernel-is>> <<where-your-kernel-is>>.backup
- cd <<where-your-kernel-is>>
- patch -p1 < <<whatever-the-patchfile-is>>
-
- Then start again.
+1) This package requires a 2.4.0 test9 kernel, or above.
2) If you get the kernel directory wrong, you may see a message like:
Please try `make KERNEL_DIR=path-to-correct-kernel'