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. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
