[TriLUG] kernel patch question

[Corey Mutter]

On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 03:52:04PM -0400, gregbrown at mindspring.com wrote:
> Hey all.  I downloaded a kernel patch for my Create USB camera model PD1001.  I'll tell you the whole story just in case I missed something:
> 
> 1. plug the camera into the USB port
> 2. check messages output: vend/prod 0x41e/0x400d
> 3. check www.qbik.com/usb/devices for a refrence on this prod
> 4. locate http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=1310
> 5. go to attached driver page:
>    members.brabant.chello.nl/~j.vreeken/se401/
> 6. grab the diff file for the epcam driver
> 7. cd /usr/src/linux.2.4.20 
> 8. (as root) patch -p1<epcam-0.6.diff
>     STDOUT of above command:patching file Documentation/Configure.help
> patching file drivers/usb/Config.in
> patching file drivers/usb/Makefile
> patching file drivers/usb/epcam.c
> patching file drivers/usb/epcam.h
> patching file include/linux/videodev.h
> 
> 9. make xconfig
> 
> I would expect the epcam driver to be where the other USB drivers are located but it's just not there.  Do I need to run a make mrproper to clear out the old stuff prior to being able to find the epcam driver in the kernel config?  I kind of don't want to do that as I like my existing config and just want to add the driver for the camera.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Greg
> 

Try a "make oldconfig"; this goes through the old-style "ask one question at
a time" config style. When it gets to a new option, it will stop and ask you.

"make mrproper" will destroy your configuration (so back up your .config
before doing that); it probably won't help.

Corey