Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:48:11 +0300, Michel Merinoff wrote:

> > No, there's no way to make a pure binary driver that works on all
> > systems, because symbols in the kernel will be at different locations
> > depending on options it was compiled with.

> Should this mean, that you have to recompile all the drivers already
> installed after recompiling the kernel with a new feature added or after
> upgrading it up to newer version?

Yes, if you are referring to kernel modules. But most are part of the
kernel tree anyway, so they are updated along with the kernel. The only
ones you need to worry about are things like the Nvidia drivers, some
wireless card drivers and so forth. sys-kernel/module-rebuild can do this
for you, just run it after a kernel compile.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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