Subject: Re: Test some kernel feature without recompile
From: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@kernel.org>
To: Dragoslav Zaric <dragoslav.zaric.kd@gmail.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:34:37 +0530
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On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 11:43 +0100, Dragoslav Zaric wrote:
> 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 ?
> 

hmm, everything is possible. If you want this feature then place an
order ;-)

Just curious do you want to reboot your system or you also want to see
the effect of that file in running kernel.

--
JSR


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