Hi, On Wed, Sep 09, Q.G. Lewis wrote:
I want to upgrade the kernel driver module used for my nic, but I am not quite sure how to do it correctly. I know I can do a ' make modules ' and then' make modules_install ', but what I do not know is how this will effect my current build (all documentation that I have found is very skimpy on the subject). Doing a ' make modules ' will probably complie all the sources in the drivers directory, but will the ' make modules_install ' try to install them as well? Will I have
"make modules_install" just copies the modules to /lib/modules/<version>
to reinstall LiLo after?
No, because the modules are not loaded by lilo. Also: If you downloaded a new driver from Donald Becker, just look at the end of the source file. There you will find the appropriate command line to compile the driver manually. You might want to leave the -DMODVERSIONS out as our default kernels are compiled without MODVERSIONS.
Basically what I would like to know is the best way to update this one kernel module.
There is no "best" way. Use the way you like most ;-)
As always, thanks to all that respond.
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