-----Original Message----- From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of kanishk rastogi Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 8:01 PM To: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Compiling a specific module without compiling whole of the kernel > how do i compile a specific module without compiling > the whole of the kernel edit the Makefile in the directory where you had placed your file to add: obj-m += yourfilename.o (in your case edit Makefile of /drivers/scsi directory) then compile it from inside that directory by : make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=$PWD modules Hope this will help Thank you, Kaustav Majumdar -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/