So I have been on LTS for a while now but now I need a newer kernel and there exists a bug in the AMD video drivers which basically makes it more or less unusable for me.
There exists a patch which I am trying to use to fix the issue (I know it works because a friend using Arch has used it successfully).
I’ve made an OBS account. I’ve branched kernel-stable and project name “kernel-default”.
I’ve added the patch to patch.addon.tar.bz2. I’ve uploaded it to OBS. I’ve included in series.conf as:
+amd-gpu.patch
The kernel builds. I reboot. Nothing. It’s not working. I have obviously done something wrong - because the consensus across a few different distros is this patch works. So something I’ve done is wrong. Or the way I read it or it was explained to me was wrong. I’m leaning towards it being my fault though.
Bonus question - how can I just build kernel-default and avoid building the extra stuff I don’t need. Docs, Debug, Vanilla, etc. I don’t want to take too much time/resources on OBS doing this since this isn’t exactly a high priority thing. Building the extra packages is unnecessary and a waste of time/resources.
To add a patch using this mechanism, just add it to the `patches.addon.tar.bz2`
archive and add an entry to a `series` file inside the archive. The archive will
be expanded automatically after the other kernel patches when the source tree is
constructed.
Who told you that? That is not what SUSE says.
In any case, “I modified the file” tells us nothing. In computers every single character matters. Never just say “I did something”. Post the exact file content you modified, or at least the exact changed lines you added.