Hi, Kind reminder - would it be possible to get more detailed information about proper updating .config files when adding new support? Best regards, Marcin 2018-01-24 15:04 GMT+01:00 Marcin Wojtas <mw at semihalf.com>: > Hi Jim, > > ACPI support for the Marvell Armada 7k/8k NIC finally landed in the > mainline kernel. I backported all required stuff from the upstream to > v4.11 and I'm about to create patch that adds a support in the kernel. > > Please check if my understanding of adding the patch is sufficient: > 1. Place squashed patch in SOURCES/ > 2. Update SPECS/kernel-alt.spec with the added patch ("5a27f64 - adds > thunderx support patch per cavium list request" is a good reference > for that) > 3. Update: > SOURCES/kernel-alt-4.11.0-aarch64-debug.config > SOURCES/kernel-alt-4.11.0-aarch64.config > And here's where I have problems. I took > kernel-alt-4.11.0-aarch64.config to my v4.11 branch and tried to first > build kernel directly from that point - it cannot be done flawlessly, > as one have to manually choose multiple kernel CONFIGs resolution. > > Further I wanted to use make menuconfig enabled CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU=y > and CONFIG_MVPP2=m. > > It would be great, if you were able to let know, what's the easiest > and quickest way to apply and test new patches on top of > sig-altarch7-aarch64 branch. > > Thanks, > Marcin