Patching the kernel

Hi all, I'm looking for some instruction on patching a the linux kernel with the recent commits to the kernel in SteamOS so that I can run the firmware for the Qualcomm chip and actually get wifi running on my steamdeck (while using Ubuntu). Any advice?

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 9:16 AM

https://gitlab.com/evlaV/linux-integration/-/commits/6.1.52-valve9/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c?ref_type=tags

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Commits · 6.1.52-valve9 · evlaV / linux-integration · GitLab

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FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 9:17 AM

These are the commits for the patch. Thanks to @KyleGospo

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 9:34 AM

https://superuser.com/questions/324968/how-do-i-apply-a-patch-to-my-linux-kernel

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How do I apply a patch to my Linux kernel?

I am trying to compile the iscsi-target software SCST. It wants me to apply a patch to my Linux kernel in order to allow for certain performance gains. The problem is I still new to Linux developme...

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 9:36 AM

http://web.mit.edu/linux/redhat/redhat-4.0.0/i386/doc/HTML/ldp/Kernel-HOWTO-5.html

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 9:53 AM

HikariKnight•12/1/23, 10:11 AM

kyle already answered this to you here i believe 🎮bazzite

also kernel live patching is something completely different from applying patches to the kernel. Kernel live patching is the ability to update the kernel with a new minor update without rebooting.

also this is where you ask for help with bazzite, not ubuntu

HHikariKnight kyle already answered this to you here i believe https://discord.com/channels/10...

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:17 AM

Technically, Ill be installing bazzite

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:18 AM

I just don't know the Bazzite OS yet because im not familiar ith it

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:18 AM

But ill be putting bazzit on my steamdeck , attempting to get the wifi modules to work with the new kernel patch

HikariKnight•12/1/23, 10:18 AM

ah if you want to patch the kernel in bazzite i believe you will have to build your own custom image

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:19 AM

im just so unfamliar with the kernel that Im kind of dumping stuff in the thread to reference later

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:19 AM

oof

HikariKnight•12/1/23, 10:19 AM

easiest thing would be to just wait for the patches to get merged into bazzite stable/main

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:19 AM

that seems worse than just doing a kernel patch i nubuntu

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:19 AM

how hard is it to make a bazzite image?

HikariKnight•12/1/23, 10:19 AM

things tend to go rather fast around here

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:19 AM

I feel the speed

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:19 AM

lol!

HikariKnight•12/1/23, 10:20 AM

https://universal-blue.org/tinker/make-your-own/

Introduction - Universal Blue

Custom Operating System images based on Fedora

HikariKnight•12/1/23, 10:20 AM

dont ask me about kernel patching itself though as i have never had the need for it as i am not that impatient when there is a system that works and i know the work is on the way to get it working on the system i want to use

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:21 AM

im mostly interested in patching because I've never even looked at kernel code before

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:21 AM

It would be nice to see how the source code lookds under the hood and maybe be able to associae that with live functionality

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:22 AM

i just wish linux wasn't such a struggle

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:22 AM

I've been in my Linux affair for nearly two years now, lol

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:22 AM

learend so much, but at a cost to my health, XD

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:22 AM

staying up till 3 am reading docs is not good for you

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:22 AM

ill probably be off in a minute

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:23 AM

I just love that steamdeck is getting me back into the trenches. I was getting a bit too complacent on my Dell PC with ubuntu working just perfectly

HikariKnight•12/1/23, 10:24 AM

well making the custom image itself is not hard, i got mine up and working in maybe 10 minutes, but the changes i needed were super minimal (delete 1 file, add 2 files?)

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:25 AM

oh, care to describe it in more detail?

FIREBATOP•12/1/23, 10:25 AM

So you can make a custom OS?

HikariKnight•12/1/23, 10:26 AM

literally everything here https://universal-blue.org/tinker/make-your-own/
you take 1 ublue image as a base, and then build it from there by adding your changes, building/compiling and such is automatic and done using github actions

Introduction - Universal Blue

Custom Operating System images based on Fedora