SamyGO

Thank you very much for your help. It took a lot of caffeine but I managed to get the kernel to compile with rfs. I can't thank you enough

Well, I was able to apply the patches with out a hiccup. I used the second (1.3.1 patch fix), However It errors out during compilation.

I thank you very very much sir. You've just saved my school project

I modified the patch, it took me a while to find the right spot to modify, but I'm certain I did it correctly. Unfortunately, it yielded the exact same result

I ran it again on a fresh copy of the source, but in verbose mode, and this is what I get: Hmm... The next patch looks like a unified diff to me... (Patch is indented 4 spaces.) The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- | diff -NurbB linux-2.6.17.14.orig/include/linux/xsr_if.h linu...

No, I used the download link at the top. i just manually checked the text on pastebin to the file that's on my machine now. That line is exactly the same

Absolutely. This is the patch that errors out at the 2nd to last line, which appears to be a spacer. I just don't have the skills to figure it out.
http://pastebin.com/eLzHfiX4

I'm following your RFS patch, attempting to compile kernel version 2.6.17.14. I'm certain that I've completed all the instructions flawlessly. However, Every time I attempt to apply the patch, I get the following error patch: **** malformed patch at line 11499: That occurs when applying the first pa...