From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [69.77.167.62] (helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ko0nG-0005xp-2C for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:03:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E17B4E07BC; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:03:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.175]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1522E07BC for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:03:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 29so254272wff.10 for ; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:03:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=WHHX7+WXgiT83xL8JdWE15FGDE7hkvf5yjPpQRM9iK0=; b=xihn24oWKKXjWM9b5xR6CVjshvAC8K1BK8lgNI4I7h8+odqwXfegbuI1rPijYoM0Mx e51rVDnzBR4N6HfbmNycDDpGLIQr0yvw6G3OPMXerdW9hIjr+/jXOCem2Xoai7NdKsZC Pq6im46w2aNNQ0DYhmJ2ZCkUHtSxpgf/c6P6w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=PuPG+RdLgVC2zYAOsZaggAd7wTCIVINMPXVny1onGVPy7DEK+Hkw4B9RdY9ZGvqeLJ S5w6XysD0L7PAXCYvEtDOjgpmdbKtycdJcSPN8WVraZHrqVdk5vuVa3YlxCJevU29Ioh sIVXe/drLwKt5uwog86GJeFV6DgH+OuwGbtrc= Received: by 10.114.184.7 with SMTP id h7mr727125waf.9.1223579000493; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:03:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?127.0.0.1? (tor-exit.aof.su [216.224.124.124]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6sm775893yxg.6.2008.10.09.12.03.16 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:03:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48EE556E.7040000@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:03:10 -0400 From: 7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9ub0o@gmail.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080914) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Compiling for an unbooted kernel References: <20081009174837.GA6279@solfire> <200810092015.20449.dirk.heinrichs@online.de> <20081009182520.GA6643@solfire> In-Reply-To: <20081009182520.GA6643@solfire> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4bf76c58-e756-4df8-909d-23157815a62f X-Archives-Hash: 8240e76c4136ae5a27ad6c8780418a7d meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > Dirk Heinrichs [08-10-09 20:23]: >> Am Donnerstag, 9. Oktober 2008 19:48:37 schrieb meino.cramer@gmx.de: >>> Is it possible -- and how -- to compile/install this interface for >>> the new kernel while the old one is still running? >> KERNEL_DIR=/lib/modules//source emerge nvidia-driver >> >>> Would save me one reboot... >> Why? >> >> 1) Build new kernel >> 2) reboot >> 3) emerge nvidia-driver >> 4) modprobe nvidia >> 5) /etc/init.d/xdm start >> >> One reboot. >> >> Bye... >> >> Dirk >> > > Hi Dirk, > > thanks for help. But let me come back to my initial question: > > Is it possible to compile the source of the nvidia driver interface > for a currently compiled but unbooted kernel ? > > Kind regards, > mcc > almost certainly yes. point /usr/src/linux to the subdirectory that contains the unbooted source code. the compiler should look for the source code via /usr/src/linux. HTH