On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Alshamlan, Mohammad <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > How you can reconfigure and also modify your source code without affected > your system? Please, if you want to suggest a virtual machine is the best > option, then could you tell me why? Thanks in advance. >
Usually while kernel development, you do not overwrite your existing distro-provided kernel, but install your built kernel as a new option. This helps you in not losing access to your machine in case the kernel changes you have made are serious. For keeping different configurations at a source level, you can use git local branches. See http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Branching-Basic-Branching-and-Merging -- Sankar P http://psankar.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
