[ILUG] kernel compilation in SuSE 10.x.

[Pete McEvoy]

On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 04:53:29PM +0100, Darragh Ó Héiligh wrote:
> All I really have to do is add a few modules to the kernel to make an
> application called speakup run.  Unfortunately it only runs in kernel
> space.

Its often possible to compile modules against the running kernel without
having to recompile the kernel. Debian has something called
module-assistant which helps automate the process, but in the absence of 
that, you should just need a copy of the source (or perhaps headers) 
matching your running kernel, make sure the version of gcc you're running 
matches the one that originally compiled your kernel (cat /proc/version)
then compile away.

Obviously, theres lots of ways this wouldnt work, but its often worth a
try rather than recompiling the whole kernel, which is so 90's...


Cheers

-- 
Pete