Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754602AbZCVKnl (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:43:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751973AbZCVKnc (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:43:32 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f158.google.com ([209.85.220.158]:59527 "EHLO mail-fx0-f158.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751580AbZCVKnb (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:43:31 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=QO75q1tfAfQpENRSJjPVcyW1lUlllUwVkUuKk6q/QMMEbwVClIg8SBOURBgH14rFfk lx6kQ1JM/Ya2Z5IG1ZBaDSYCN+LBqbEpAlShi0bXp4nuiPPjPiRwWg4xMOnO5CbW6uQe q/z1W+01/2WKIRBx3/+OsGx86gQTASreh0O6c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:43:28 +0100 Message-ID: <2d05c4580903220343l4b1359fx79f18b56203bd463@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Test some kernel feature without recompile From: Dragoslav Zaric To: LKML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 780 Lines: 22 Hi, I know when you work on some kernel module, you can change code and load module again and test it, but what if you change some built in kernel .c file, why would I need to recompile whole kernel just to see what happens if I change one .c file ?? Why can I just compile one changed .c file and copy it where compiled version of that file reside inside kernel tree? Or maybe there is some image info embedded inside compiled files, so that file must belong to specific image from which it is installed ? Thanks, Dragoslav Zaric -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/