[LV] Newbie - where to start?

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

On Thu, 2006-09-21 00:05:46 +1000, Neale Banks <neale at id.oz.au> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 03:15:44PM +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-09-19 20:58:07 +1000, Neale Banks <neale at id.oz.au> wrote:
> > > * if I'm not likely to get into compiler hacking, will I need a SVN
> > > checkout of GCC (as distinct from a recent release, e.g. 4.1.1 from May,
> > > possibly plus a patch or three)?
> > 
> > You'll need the sources for sure. Patches are there, but they're only
> > agains current SVN/CVS head.
> 
> Is that the gcc* files in $CVS/toolchain/patches/ ?
> [...]

It is.

> > > For the kernel, what are the options?  Are there "linux-vax" patches to
> > > apply against a current kernel.org release (e.g. latest -rcX)?  Or must
> > > I track sources/patches with GIT?
> > 
> > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/jbglaw/vax-linux.git;a=summary
> > 
> > We've already got a tree, though I need to merge Linus's work of the
> > last months.
> 
> Is there, or can I readily generate, a set of patches against
> Linus/kernel.org?

Just diff out the GIT tree :)

MfG, JBG

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