make-kpkg clean: how to avoid it?

[r_mano]

Hi,

I am playing with "compiling kernel the ubuntu way" (which is the same as debian way). It all works, but... suppose you want to try a patch to your kernel, possibly a little one. And you'd like to change for example the --append-to-version argument to identify which kernel is which. Now:

• if I do not do the make-kpkg clean step the following make-kpkg protests and do not compile the new kernel;
  
• if I do the make-kpkg clean then the whole kernel got recompiled (it issues a make clean) and I have to wait hours for a step that should be just a 5-minutes one.

Is there any guru on line that can extend the (very useful) recipe with an "howto update a kernel the {ubuntu,debian} way"?

Thanks

[falko]

You could try to do this with module-assistant, but I don't know if this works with a self-compiled kernel.

[r_mano]

At the end, I managed to do it "my way"... it was just a matter of trial and error.

I have put a complete description here:

https://www.dea.icai.upcomillas.es/r...hp/Main/Kernel

HTH,
Romano

[macdet]

in the past a build a lot of them...

now that i am older i need to read and note that stuff,

No i note it on my page!

http://wiki.mobbing-gegner.de/AmiloS...ss_root_device

One thing make me crazy... the initrd-ramfs stuff. Hope to find somesthing in the links.

keep growing and thx. for info.