> FWIW, I did a cvsup of my xfs kernel tree from ftp.thebarn.com this
> morning and then succesfully applied
>
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/patch-2.4.12.bz2
>
> The only hunk which failed was the patch to the top level
> Makefile. I edited linux/Makefile:
>
> VERSION = 2
> PATCHLEVEL = 4
> SUBLEVEL = 12
> EXTRAVERSION =-xfs
>
> and built a kernel with no problems. This is a debian system.
>
> There is a compilation bug in 2.4.12, which involves
> linux/drivers/parport/ieee1284_ops.c. If that file fails to compile
> then
>
> s/EEE1284_PH_DIR_UNKNOWN/IEEE1284_PH_ECP_DIR_UNKNOWN/
Yes, I have exactly this waiting to go here - I was holding off waiting
for Al Viro to fix the partition code, but since that is broken in 2.4.11
anyway I am not really sure why I am holding it back anymore.
Steve
>
> (2 places).
>
> -John
>
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