On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 09:35:35 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Yes. >> >> cd /usr/src/linux >> make menuconfig or make xconfig >> choose the module option you wish to enable >> Select whether to build into the kernel or as a module. >> exit and save >> make >> make modules_install >> >> You should not have to copy bzImage unless you built your new modules into >> the kernel. > > Haa... thanks for the step thru... and I'm guessing if you don't want > to reboot you can insmod this module into running kernel?
That is correct. Unless you alter bzImage, modprobe newmodule should work just fine. If your new module is built in, you will need to reload the kernel (reboot). Good luck! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
