RE: Making changes to a statically build driver

Two_Tone <[email protected]> Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:20:28 -0500
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You could md5 hash the old and new kernel.  If the hash is different then c=
hanges were made.

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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?

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Ezra Taylor

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<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 &lt=
;[email protected]&gt;</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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I made some changes to the e1000 kernel driver.&nb=
sp; I then recompiled the kernel without any issue.&nbsp; How can I tell if=
 the change actually went through?&nbsp; Again, this driver has been static=
ally built into the kernel.&nbsp; 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>=

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