How to patch linux-aic7xxx-6.2.4-2.4.7.patch.gz ?

[Somsak RAKTHAI]

  Have any detail ?
  What command to patch and why cause error messages ?
  How can I do it ?
      thank you very much.
          regards,
          Somsak.

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Buchan Milne wrote:

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> Somsak RAKTHAI wrote:
> > Dear sir,
> >   I used RedHat 7.2 and Kernel 2.4.7-10smp.
> >   I have linux-aic7xxx-6.2.4-2.4.7.patch.gz. I want to
> > patch system. I follow below.
> >  1. cd /usr/src/redhat
>
> 1. cd /usr/src/linux/
> (this assumes you have the kernel-source package installed)
>
> >  2. gunzip -dc /mnt/linux-aic7xxx-6.2.4-2.4.7.patch.gz|patch p1
> >
> >   Is command correct ?
> >   If correct, I don"t know why have error messages below.
> >
> > can't find file to patch at input line 4
> > Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
> > The text leading up to this was:
> > --------------------------
> > |diff -u -r -N linux-2.4.7.virgin/Documentation/Configure.help
> > linux-2.4.7/Documentation/Configure.help
> > |--- linux-2.4.7.virgin/Documentation/Configure.help    Thu Jul 19
> > 18:48:15 2001
> > |+++ linux-2.4.7/Documentation/Configure.help   Wed Aug  1 15:16:08 2001
> > --------------------------
> > File to patch:
> >
>
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