compiling modules for a running kernel
 

Hi!
i'm running slackware 8.1. my question is: can i compile modules from source without reompiling the whole kernel. my suggestion is:
in /usr/src/linux
1. make menuconfig
2. marking the needed modules with "m"
3. make modules
4. make modules_install

am i right or is there anything left to do like "make clean, dep etc."

bass

I would do a "make dep" before doing a "make modules"

-K

#1, why recomple modules when slackware default comes with all of them precompiled? Make sure you really need to do it(source update or something similar).
#2, make sure it's the exact same version of your RUNNING kernel. Make sure that your modules compile against the exact same static configuration as you are RUNNING - else they *shouldn't* load.
#3, Yes, it's fine to do it following the above two suggestions.

thanks for quick reply! i have to recompile them because i recompiled the kernel once and left out all the modules i thought i would not need ;-). but they are the same version because they come from the same source shipped with slackware. do i have to make a "make dep" or not???

bass