-----Original Message----- From: Q.G. Lewis [SMTP:qgl176@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 1:36 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SuSE Linux] Rebuilding kernel modules

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 to reinstall LiLo after? Basically what I would like to know is the best way to update this one kernel module. As always, thanks to all that respond.

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I don't know if this holds as a general rule, but here's what i did when I needed a new driver for my NIC. I downloaded tulip.c. At the end of the source file is the compile command. It looks like gcc -Wall -Blah -Blah -IBlah ..... tulip.c I cut and pasted that onto the command line and after it compiled, got a tulip.o which I tested by saying insmod /path/to/wherever/tulip.o which loads the module. It worked, so I moved tulip.o to /lib/modules/blahblah/net or something and it has worked ever since. You may also need to uncomment a line in conf.modules. That procedure is usually in the docs for the module. Andrew Ford System Administrator, Bond Dept. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. Phone: 314-955-6647 Fax:314-955-4897 andyford@agedwards.com - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e