LPI Linux Certification/Patching A Kernel

Detailed Objective

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Description:
Candidates should be able to properly patch a kernel to add support for new hardware. This objective also includes being able to properly remove kernel patches from already patched kernels.

Key knowledge area(s):
- Kernel Makefiles

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- patch
- gzip
- bzip2

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