kernel 2.6.6 - was Re: [plug] Sound card problem

[raven at themaw.net]

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Denis Brown wrote:

> At 11:39 17/06/2004 +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
> >On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Jim wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > So - make config, make all, make modules_install, make install
> > >       run lilo
> >
> >Isn't that just:
> >
> >make menuconfig
> >make
> 
> Mustn't we have a "make modules" in here otherwise no modules to be 
> installed (or possibly worse in the case that a make mrproper was not done, 
> stale modules would be installed.)

This question was regarding a 2.6 build.

> 
> >make module_install

Oops should have been

make modules_install

> >copy kernel and system map to location you will use in bootloader.
> 
> It strikes me as possible that Jim's system is getting confused, possibly, 
> by stale modules from previous builds.   At the risk of repeating others' 
> wisdom, the full thing I use is (as a normal user, cd'd to the kernel source):

Of course.

If the kernel is rebuilt then all the modules must be rebuilt.
The converse is not the case.

Ian