On Sat, Mar 09, 2019 at 12:07:00AM -0800, Andy Nicholas wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a website or service or tool or package or script or something > which allows me to determine which pieces of the compiled kernel > (especially modules) contained the source-code changes I might make to any > given directory? Like a kernel-code dependency graph website? > > For instance, assume I made a change to code in net/wireless/. How do I > figure out which pieces of the kernel or modules get linked against the > library built from this directory? > > I could attempt to trace the kernel's build output line-by-line and then > grep through the output looking for which other code is linking against > cfg80211. That is way too tedious. In this case I would like to know which > kernel modules I would need to, potentially, re-test because I apply a > patch to this directory.... without examining the build logs. Just look at the build logs, it will show you exactly what gets rebuilt when you touch a single file (or multiple files.) That's the simplest way to do what you want here. good luck! greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
