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Old 11-30-2013
Appling Patch to kernel
Hello everybody, I have downloaded kernel version 3.10.21
and the same version of patch. the question is do I need to apply this patch which is the same version of kernel or is it intended for lower versions of kernel. thanks a lot
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Old 11-30-2013
At the very top of the Linux kernel source tree there is a file named README. The answer to your question is there.

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