how do you compile a kernel module without re-compiling the whole kernel?

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Jason Joines wrote:
>     I'm using SuSE 9.2 with 2.6.10 vanilla kernel.  I have an Adaptec
> 2810SA card that is using the the aacraid module that came with that
> kernel.  Everything is working fine as far as the raid is concerned,
> I've stress tested it pretty hard.  However, I have to use the card's
> BIOS to configure it as Adaptec's command line utilities won't find the
> card.  I downloaded the driver source from Adaptec and did a diff on one

Which utilities specifically are you using?  I've got that card in several
of my boxes, and the afacli utility works just fine for me with a 2.6.9
kernel.

> of the *.c files there against the same file in
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.10/....  There was quite a bit of difference so I'd
> like to try that module.

Most likely because its a different version of the module, not because of
anything else.

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lonni J Friedman                                netllama at linux-sxs.org
Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo                  http://netllama.ipfox.com