From: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
To: Vikram Rangnekar <vicky@freebsdcluster.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kernel hcking
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 01:17:10 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200304120117.10680.kernel@kolivas.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030411170709.A33459@freebsdcluster.dk>
On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 01:07, Vikram Rangnekar wrote:
> I'm a kernel newbie and just wanted to know what do most kernel hackers do
> when working on the kernel say 2.5 when you make changes do u need to
> recompile the kernel and reboot the machine to test your small modification
> or do people use something like bochs. Also every time you makes changes in
> the kernel it must be hell to recompile the whole thing do kernel hackers
> just compile the specific file and link it into the kernel or something.
> Some of these will be stupid questions to most of you but I am curious
> since I've been working on the kernel lately and recompiling and rebooting
> is driving me nuts
Try cc cache
http://ccache.samba.org
Con
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-11 15:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-11 15:07 kernel hcking Vikram Rangnekar
2003-04-11 15:17 ` Con Kolivas [this message]
2003-04-11 15:24 ` John Bradford
2003-04-11 15:37 ` Antonio Vargas
2003-04-11 16:00 ` John Bradford
2003-04-11 21:08 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-04-11 15:34 ` Antonio Vargas
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