On 12:10 Thu 20 Oct , Ross Boylan wrote: > I am attempting to recompile a driver (8139too) with one additional > entry in the pci_device_id table. I may modify it in other ways if > that doesn't work. > > When I try to make-kpkg kernel_image the file is not rebuilt. I tried > deleting the .o; this just produces an error of a missing file during > the make. > > There was a long thread about this earlier (dealing with a harder > problem of changing the config) but I could divine no answer to the > problem. Another post on Oct 7 asked a similar question without > response. > > The thing that looked closest to a response was the suggestion to run > make and then make-kpkg. Since I am applying patches, and make will > not, this seems hazardous in this case. > The easy way is to cd into the kernel source tree and if you already have 8139too selected as a module and the new patched driver code:
make oldconfig make modules make modules_install This will just compile and install the patched 8139too module. You can find it with a modprobe -l|grep 8139too and the unload the original 8139too module and load the new 8139too. rmmod 8139too modprobe 8139too -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
