Notes: 1. Untar the linux sources # tar -xvzf linux-2.6.5.tar.gz. 2. Download the ia64 port patches from the URL http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ports/ia64/v2.6/linux-2.6.5-ia64-040413.diff.gz Apply the ia64 port patch to vanilla kernel. # patch -p1 < linux-2.6.5-ia64-040413.diff 3. Apply the kprobes/dprobes patch to vanilla kernel. # patch -p1 < kprobes-dprobes-2.6.5-rc2-full-03312004.patch 4. Apply the ia64 patch # patch -p1 < kprobes-base-ia64-260404.patch.bz2