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matthewwardrop / linux-surfacepro3

Arch Linux package to compile the Linux kernel with patches designed to improve user experience on the Surface Pro 3.
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Want to upgrade to 4.2 kernel, steps to help bring my changes back to this repo #9

Closed ianks closed 8 years ago

ianks commented 9 years ago

I am thinking about upgrading to the 4.2 kernel, and possibly bringing the changes upstream to this repo. What are some steps you follow when upgrading kernel versions?

matthewwardrop commented 8 years ago

Hi ianks,

I've updated the kernel to 4.2.2 today, and am compiling it on my surface pro 3. Normally I have access to another machine to do the compiling for me, so my surface pro 3 is getting quite hot ;).

My usual workflow is to merge the latest changes to config and config.x86_64 from the upstream official packages; update the PKGBUILD similarly; and then rewrite/update any patches that need adusting due to updates in the underlying source code.

A PKGBUILD for linux-surfacepro3 4.2.2 will be posted to AUR as soon as I've verified that the code compiles and works on my surface.