is it possible to avoid even system reboots? (someway to make ordinary source files like tcp.c work like modules, that is) thanks, Sai --- "Richard B. Johnson" wrote: > On Wed, 19 May 2004, sai narasimhamurthy wrote: > > > Hi , > > I am working with the Linux networking source code > for > > the first time. > > I am working with the file tcp.c in > > /usr/src/linux/net/ipv4 . Everytime I make a small > > change, I recompile the kernel. Is there any way > to > > get the changes in tcp.c (or any file in /ipv4 , > for > > that matter) reflected without kernel > re-compiling, so > > that it saves time? > > Sai > > > > You modify the source, then you return to the > top-level > directory and execute `make bzImage` or `make > modules` > if you are modifying a module. Only the file(s) that > you modify will get compiled. The final link, of > course, > gets done. But that's only a second or two. > > > Cheers, > Dick Johnson > Penguin : Linux version 2.4.26 on an i686 machine > (5557.45 BogoMips). > Note 96.31% of all statistics are > fiction. > > > - > 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/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Domains – Claim yours for only $14.70/year http://smallbusiness.promotions.yahoo.com/offer