Compiling a custom kernel vs. compiling a single module.

[john.abreau at zuken.com (John Abreau)]

jbk wrote:
> I began to compiling custom kernels a long time ago first for the fun of 
> it and to see how small I could make it for my purposes. Then I added a 
> tape drive and have been making custom Fedora kernels to enable that 
> module.
> Since the Fedora kernel is updated so frequently and enables most 
> features I want and the usb devices becoming so wide ranging, I no 
> longer want to bother trying to reduce the kernel size, but I still need 
> to compile the ide-tape module. So, what is the procedure to compile one 
> or two additional modules for the running kernel?
> The kernel-devel package is for that purpose. I see when I run 'make 
> help' that there is a target called '/dir/file.ko'. So do I just run 
> 'make /drivers/ide/ide-tape.ko' and then make 'modules install', or are 
> there some other steps? What if I want to make three or four modules? Do 
> I just separate the different targets with a space after make?
> I know I could just try hacking away at it but I am also interested in 
> the discussion and any insight others may have.
> Jim K-R
> 

You could start by looking at VMWare Workstation's vmware-config.pl.
Whenever I update the kernel on my laptop, I have to re-run this to
recompile the vmware kernel modules against the new kernel's sources.


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