Patch handling

[Gerd Bitzer <gbitzer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

may be that are stupid questions, but anyway.

What is the correct way to handle your kernel patches ?

Can I download a linux 2.4.5 source tree and your 1.0.1 patch and apply 
it, and after this only apply the official kernelpatches against the 
kernel sources, to patch up to newer kernel releases ?
Or do I have to maintain a clean kernelsource tree, which I can patch up 
to the newest kernel release, and after this procedure can patch in your 
appropriate kernel patch ?

Is there a way (when using xfs as module) not to patch it into the 
original kernel source, but only to compile it ?

I do not want to maintain an original kernel source tree which I am able 
to patch up to newer kernel versions and an additional version, where I 
have patched an appropriate version of xfs into, I only want to have 
original kernel sources which I can use as I need, I do not want to have 
extra work with an extra xfs kernel.

I think xfs is the most advanced filesystem around, when will it be in 
the official kernel source tree ?

keep up the good work


best regards, Gerd