4MB!!! Sheer luxury! some of us only had 2MB on our 386's!! At least I had a co-pro tho', meant that it only took a coupla days to do a pov-ray render.
> From: C Falconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2002/10/31 Thu AM 09:36:28 GMT+13:00 > To: Linux Users Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: How to deal with new kernel module code? > > 20 minutes? Jeez I remember compiling 1.3.something on a 386 with 4 Mb > ram... it took 6 hours and that was a small kernel! > > You young things today.... got no appreciation for the power of modern > equipment.... *grump* > > When I was your age we used to have 4 kilobytes TOTAL! And we LIKED IT! > > rant rant.... > > On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 09:31, Nick Rout wrote: > > yeah that worked, cool. > > > > much quicker than a 20 minute complete recompile. > > > > On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 08:46:23 +1300 > > C Falconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > One can compile a new module without a kernel rebuild - even a module > > > that has not been used by the current kernel. > > > > > > You should at least try it - copy the files to the right place, > > > make modules modules_install > > > depmod -a > > > modprobe cpia > > > And report back to the group :-) > > > > > > Also - who here knows about the wiki run by WLUG ? Lots of interesting > > > answers. http://www.wlug.org.nz/ > > > > > > On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 23:43, Nick Rout wrote: > > > > I am wanting to compile a module from the latest cvs in order to get some new >feature (module is cpia.o, features are for intel qx3 microscope). > > > > > > > > If I put the 3 or four files (cpia.c, cpia.h, cpia_usb.c, cpia_pp.c) into the >correct place in the kernel tree, can I just make modules modules_install? or do I >have to make mrproper, make dep, make bzImage, make modules, make modules_install. > > > > > > > > I read something that made me think the quicker way might work. > > > > > > > > The current kernel source & .config is the exact source and .config that I >used to compile the current kernel/modules, and cpia is currently a module as opposed >to compiled into the kernel. > > > > > > > > Answers on one side of A4 by tomorrow please :-) > > > > > > > > (Dammit in the time it took me to type this I could almost have compiled a >kernel, but then I'd have to reboot :-) > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Nick Rout > > Barrister & Solicitor > > Christchurch, NZ > > Ph +64 3 3798966 > > Fax + 64 3 3798853 > > http://www.rout.co.nz > > >
