RE: Making changes to a statically build driver
Two_Tone <[email protected]> Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:20:28 -0500
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--_DC0AB8A7-FB4E-CA66-5A4E-A1E454631765_ Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" You could md5 hash the old and new kernel. If the hash is different then c= hanges were made. -----Original Message----- From: Ezra Taylor <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, Mar 5 2009 6:16 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [gentoo-admin] Making changes to a statically build driver Hello all: =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 I made some changes to the e1000= kernel driver.=A0 I then recompiled the kernel without any issue.=A0 How c= an I tell if the change actually went through?=A0 Again, this driver has be= en statically built into the kernel.=A0 Is there a way to test that a chang= e went through without have to setup a test environment? --=20 Ezra Taylor --_DC0AB8A7-FB4E-CA66-5A4E-A1E454631765_ Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" <HTML><head></head><body><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial= ; FONT-WEIGHT:Normal;">You could md5 hash the old and new kernel. If the ha= sh is different then changes were made.</span><br><br><hr><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">From: </span><span style= =3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">Ezra Taylor <= ;[email protected]></span><br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fam= ily:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">Sent: </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;fo= nt-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">Thursday, Mar 5 2009 6:16 PM</span><= br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">To: = </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal= ;">[email protected]; [email protected]</span><br><s= pan style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">Subject: = </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal= ;">[gentoo-admin] Making changes to a statically build driver</span><br><br= >Hello all:<br> = I made some changes to the e1000 kernel driver.&nb= sp; I then recompiled the kernel without any issue. How can I tell if= the change actually went through? Again, this driver has been static= ally built into the kernel. Is there a way to test that a change went= through without have to setup a test environment?<br clear=3D"all"><br>-- = <br>Ezra Taylor<br></body></HTML>= --_DC0AB8A7-FB4E-CA66-5A4E-A1E454631765_--