Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So what Peter meant was ....]
[...] Yeah thats what I suggested it meant. I added some unnecessary confusion by saying `the very nature of module is that it is not built in'... sorry. Just sloppy thinking here thanks for clearing that up very well. But since my original question was: [How to -ed HP] "Compile a module by itself (not during kernel compile) and insert that module into a running kernel." That would rule out `*' so that's why it confused me. > However, if you compiled the new modules directly into the kernel (by > choosing "*", or compiling a module that has a sub-function that > requires a *), then you would have to install the new bzImage and > reboot, because the bzImage (the kernel) has actually changed. Nothing different really than just compiling a kernel.... In fact it sounds like the whole process is required for adding a new `loadable' module too, just leaving out the moving of bzImage. And no reboot required. I guess I sort of thought there was some trick way to just compile a module and not do all the linking and grinding of `make' against the whole tree. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
