You can also use something like ccache to significantly speed up repeated compilations. But I also believe you can do simply 'make fs' as suggested.
-- Regards, Rune V. Sjøen You always pass failure on the way to success On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Manish Katiyar <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:07 PM, Mulyadi Santosa > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi... > > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:10 AM, bajrangi pandey > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi , > >> > >> suppose i am making changes in kernel file fs.h > >> > >> Is it necessary to perform all three steps > >> 1> make > > I think you can just do "make fs" > > >> 2> make modules_install > >> 3> make install > >> to rebuilt the kernel (compiling same kernel version source code 2nd > time)? > >> can i skip step > >> make modules_install > > > > My best guess is yes, you need to do all the above step. The reason is > > to make sure all the related code pick your modification. > > > > You don't need to worry if compilation time is your concern. "make" > > will make sure only .c files that depends on this fs.h that get > > recompiled. So theoritically, it should be done relatively faster. > > > > -- > > regards, > > > > Mulyadi Santosa > > Freelance Linux trainer and consultant > > > > blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com > > training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] > > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > > > > > > > -- > Thanks - > Manish > ================================== > [$\*.^ -- I miss being one of them > ================================== > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > >
