The 3.13 source was installed using "apt-get source linux-source-3.13.0"

The patch hunk#2 failing issue is something in the "heredoc" notation 
(me trying to apply the patch without storing the patch lines as 
temporary input file). I am now using the temp file without any issue.

The next newly blocking issue is this:

# make -C /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build M=$(pwd) modules
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.17.0-031700rc7-generic'
   CC [M]  /root/linux-3.13.0/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.o
   CC [M]  /root/linux-3.13.0/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.o
   CC [M]  /root/linux-3.13.0/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/atp.o
   CC [M]  /root/linux-3.13.0/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.o
/root/linux-3.13.0/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c: In function 
'rtl_init_one':
/root/linux-3.13.0/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c:7127:2: error: 
implicit declaration of function 'SET_ETHTOOL_OPS' 
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
   SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(dev, &rtl8169_ethtool_ops);
   ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [/root/linux-3.13.0/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.o] 
Error 1
make: *** [_module_/root/linux-3.13.0/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.17.0-031700rc7-generic'

Any new suggestion how to honour your patch/test request?

Francois Romieu schreef op 09-10-14 om 00:17:

Ceriel Jacobs [off-list ref] :
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Francois, could you help me apply your patch?

$ git describe
v3.13
$ patch -p1 --dry-run < /tmp/plop
checking file drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 467 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 5275 (offset -5 lines).

$ git rev-list v3.16 -- drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | while read x; do echo $x:$(git cat-file -p $x:drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | md5sum); done | grep 95056b56932b375f8b65a6379009f704

-> oualou

Where does your 3.13 source tree come from ?