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Re: About loading

Boris Bezlaj wrote:

> On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 12:42:42PM +0300, Halil Demirezen wrote:
> 
>>Hi i want to learn if we must recompile the whole kernel in case me made
>>small changes on it to see the working differences. If not, how?
>>sincerely
>>
> 
> IMHO, the best way to learn is to try ;)
> 
> For changes in source(some driver), just do 'make <whatever>' again..it should take care of things. _If_ the changes are internal to the driver that is..
> 
> For changes in kernel config, make mrproper/dep/clean are sometimes necessary.
> 
> Also there are tons of documentation under Documentation dir..use it


And also, if you change code in a module you have to do "make modules && 
make modules_install"

Best regards,
Ilker G.




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