On ?, 2004-03-01 at 10:31, Software-team wrote: > I am trying to improve bridge module towards 802.1w (RSTP) but I am new to kernel and modules programming. I dont want to compile the whole modules every time I make some changes. Could you give me some clues how to set up environment to compile only selected module (bridge 802.1d) for a given kernel version, written in Makefile like: > VERSION = 2 > PATCHLEVEL = 4 > SUBLEVEL = 20 > EXTRAVERSION =-8 etc. > How to make a Makefile so the bridge module could be compiled separately for that kernel (or another)? > Thanks for any specyfic help. It's pretty easy. do make menuconfig, and under Networking Options put 'M' where it says 802.1d Ethernet Bridging. Save your config, and then do make dep && make bzImage modules modules_install Move the /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to somewhere in /boot (renaming it if you like), make the appropriate modification to lilo.conf (and then rerun lilo) or change /boot/grub/grub.conf and reboot. When it starts up again, just modprobe bridge. I also found that I had to do make mrproper before I could get the bridge module to load. In this case, make sure you save your .config file to somewhere else first, or you'll lose it. HTH. -- Stuart Luppescu -=- s-luppescu .at. uchicago.edu University of Chicago -=- CCSR ???????? -=- Kernel 2.6.3-gentoo-r1 Bilbo's First Law: You cannot count friends that are all packed up in barrels. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/bridge/attachments/20040301/72f4696e/attachment.bin
