palimpsest/ linux/ patch/ Applying Patch to Linux Kernel Source Tree

Applying Linux patch in bzip2:

wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.36.tar.bz2

wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.36.3.bz2

tar -xf linux-2.6.36.tar.bz2

cd linux-2.6.36

bzcat ../patch-2.6.36.3.bz2 | patch -p1

Applying Linux patch in gzip:

wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.36.tar.bz2

wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.36.3.gz

tar -xf linux-2.6.36.tar.bz2

cd linux-2.6.36

zcat ../patch-2.6.36.3.gz | patch -p1