[gentoo-user] Making changes to a statically build driver

Hello all: I made some changes to the e1000 kernel driver. I then recompiled the kernel without any issue. How can I tell if the change actually went through? Again, this driver has been statically built into the kernel. Is there a way to test that a change went through without

Re: [gentoo-user] Making changes to a statically build driver

Never made such thing, so just a guess: maybe a log entry on some event, like link up - at that time, probably, the log engine is already up and running. Francisco On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Ezra Taylor ezra.tay...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all:    I made some changes to the

Re: [gentoo-user] Making changes to a statically build driver

Set something that will show on the modinfo command? I dont have e1000, but this a coda.ko example bunyip ~ # modinfo coda filename: /lib/modules/2.6.27-gentoo-r4/kernel/fs/coda/coda.ko version:6.6 license:GPL alias: char-major-67-* description:Coda

Re: [gentoo-user] Making changes to a statically build driver

I missed the bit where you said it was staic in the kernel - that besides, make it print something during load. Billk On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 11:28 +0900, W.Kenworthy wrote: Set something that will show on the modinfo command? I dont have e1000, but this a coda.ko example bunyip ~ # modinfo