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  • From: Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] ethernet problem
  • Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:13:16 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Sindi Keesan wrote:
> >
> > I presume I could specify in a makefile or on the gcc line
> > where to look for the kernel source code.

I appreciate these instructions on how to compile bZimage but is it really
necessary to compile a kernel in order to compile a module for it, or can
I simply compile just the module?

>
> I suggest you cd to the directory where the sourcecode is
> (eg /usr/src/linux-2.2.16) and execute:
> --------------------
> make config
> make dep
> make clean
> make bzImage
> --------------------
> That should compile a kernel from the sourcecode in that directory
> and put it in arch/i386/boot

Can I do just this part, and will it work if 'make all' did not work?
> --------------------
> make modules
> make modules_install
> --------------------
> That should compile the modules (as specified in your config) and
> put them in /lib/modules/2.2.16
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
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