On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 02:05:33PM +0800, Woody Wu wrote: > Sorry, I did not write a subject. > > On Monday, 30 March 2015, Woody Wu <narkewoody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a kernel already run on production, but I then realized that I need > to add one or two driver to it. But I hope I can avoid to upgrade the > kernel image for those already running products, I hope I can only extend > the kernel by add the driver modules to the root file system. Is that > possible? The current kernel has already compiled with the loadable modules > options, but for the drivers that I want now the old config is 'no'. > > Thanks in advance. > -woody > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile Sure you can, just compile them as "M" then install into your rootfs, or compile them as external modules. ref: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt -- Adam Lee http://adam8157.info _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
