[ILUG] compiling a single module, rh6.2...

[Scott Wunsch]

On Mon, 09-Jul-2001 at 00:46:28 +0100, kevin lyda wrote:

> ok, so i have the kernel source for my upgraded kernel.  i want to rebuild
> just loop.o.  this seems impossible.  can it be done?  make loop.o in
> drivers/block doesn't bring joy.

If you built the kernel from source in the first place, you'd have all the
compiled stuff sitting around in your kernel source tree.  Given that
situation, if you just make a little change to your kernel configuration
(such as turning on the loopback support) and tell it to make you a new set
of modules, it'll just rebuild as little as possible for you.

Of course, if you're running a pre-compiled kernel from your distribution
right now, you're going to be stuck recompiling the whole thing the first
time :-).

-- 
Take care,
Scott \\'unsch

... Contradiction [n]: I'm from the government.  I'm here to help you.