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> I made some changes to the e1000 kernel driver. I then |
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> recompiled the kernel without any issue. How can I tell if the change |
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> actually went through? Again, this driver has been statically built |
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> into the kernel. Is there a way to test that a change went through |
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> without have to setup a test environment? |
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the e1000 driver probably prints version info to dmesg that you could |
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tamper with... |
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also, check uname - it includes a buildversion (#1) and builddate of the |
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currently running kernel: |
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bangert@marsupilami ~ $ uname -a |
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Linux marsupilami 2.6.28-gentoo-r2 #1 SMP Tue Mar 3 17:14:06 CET 2009 i686 |
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Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux |
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