The Linux Kernel 2.0.27 patch for MemGuard comes in RPM (Red Hat Package
Manager) format and GNU compressed tar format.
The installation steps:
- Install the Linux kernel 2.0.27 source package.
- Install the MemGuard package.
- Patch the original kernel source from the patch file, memguard.patch.
- In the kernel configuration, answer "Yes" to "OGI Synthetix MemGuard"
from the "General Setup" group to use MemGuard or answer "No" not to
use MemGuard.
- Refer to the "README" file in the kernel source directory
(/usr/src/linux).