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From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@us.ibm.com>,
	Kylene Jo Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com>,
	kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make: add modules_update target
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 11:02:08 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060415150208.GB19708@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060415084058.GA29502@mars.ravnborg.org>

On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 10:40:58AM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> The problem to be solved is the long time it takes to do
> "make modules_install" when working on a single module.
> Instead of bringing in more or less complex solutions what about
> extending "make dir/module.ko" to include the installation of the
> module.
> 
> Something like:
> "make MI=1 dir/module.ko"
> where MI=1 tells us to install the said module.

Um, wouldn't that imply that either (a) the compile is being done as
root, or (b) the /lib/modules/* is writeable by a non-root userid?  I
suppose the install command could be prefixed by sudo, but that seems
awkward (and not everyone uses sudo).

						- Ted

  reply	other threads:[~2006-04-15 15:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-04-14 15:06 [PATCH] make: add modules_update target Kylene Jo Hall
2006-04-14 17:02 ` Theodore Ts'o
2006-04-14 18:00   ` Avi Kivity
2006-04-14 18:29     ` Dustin Kirkland
2006-04-14 19:02       ` Avi Kivity
2006-04-15  0:33         ` Dustin Kirkland
2006-04-15  0:33   ` Dustin Kirkland
2006-04-15  8:40     ` Sam Ravnborg
2006-04-15 15:02       ` Theodore Ts'o [this message]
2006-04-16 18:24         ` Sam Ravnborg

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