[Testing Update] 2021-01-14 - Kernels, KDE Frameworks 5.78, Cinnamon, Pulseaudio, Thunderbird, Haskell

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[HowTo] Build a (patched) kernel module

Difficulty: ★★★★☆ Sometimes the need arises to apply a patch to a kernel module for testing purposes or to fix a regression. The below example uses kernel 5.10 as this was the procedure I followed for a non-working Bluetooth adapter on kernel 5.10 prior to 5.10.7-2.

Install needed packages for building and source control

pamac install base-devel git

Install matching kernel headers

pamac install linux510-headers

Clone matching repository for manjaro kernel

mkdir ~/MyKernel #Where you obviously ch…

It’s not necessary anymore as the patch is included in 5.10 as of 5.10.7-2.