Re: adding a module to a kernel
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Richard Harran wrote:
> I think that if you use make menuconfig or make xconfig, it 'remembers'
> what you had the last time you ran it. Thus you only have to set the
> options that you want to change.
> HTH
> Rich
But menuconfig (and xconfig) at the end suggests to do 'make dep; make
clean'. So when finally you type 'make bzimage' it will remake the WHOLE
kernel. I think, that the question was, if it is possible to build only
the new module without the time consuming recompilation of the whole
kernel...
I don't know if it is possible. Whenever I changed my kernel/modules
configuration I recompiled everything, just for the safety reason.
Only when I recompiled an additional module, not belonging to the official
kernel source (e.g. my own device driver), I dared to rebuild the module
alone.
Wojtek Zabolotny
wzab@ise.pw.edu.pl
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