no, it's not a bug. it's necessary to recompile completely even if the kernel I'm using is the same as the one I want to apply a small modification on ? Le mar. 3 mars 2020 à 14:00, Giancarlo Razzolini <grazzolini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > Em março 3, 2020 9:54 Pascal via arch-general escreveu: > > hello, > > > > I need to introduce a small modification in > linux-5.4.23/block/blk-core.o : > > do I need to recompile completely (~4 hours) or is there a way to shorten > > the compilation time ? > > > > I followed Kernel/Arch_Build_System > > <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel/Arch_Build_System>. > > > > regards, lacsaP. > > > > If this is a bug, you might want to ask the linux-lts maintainer to > include a > patch for this. But, regardless of that, you'll have to compile it, yes. > > Regards, > Giancarlo Razzolini