[H-GEN] Rebuilding kernel modules
Robert Brockway
robert at timetraveller.org
Sun Jun 9 06:13:26 EDT 2002
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On Sun, 9 Jun 2002, Greg Black wrote:
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> Steven McIntyre wrote:
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> | When making minor changes, skip the "make dep; make clean" steps.
>
> In general, when building moderately complex software systems
> such as Unix-type kernels, skipping steps is fraught with danger
I agree 100% with Greg. The last thing you want is inconsistencies in
anything as important as the kernel. Remember, you're trusting the last
copies [1] of your all important files to the kernel in a very real way.
[1] Backup, or no. Even restoring from backup is not without loss -
perhaps a day's data at a business or a week of your personal data
depending on how often you backup.
Rob
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