On Monday 01 June 2009 14:04:33 Jan Weil wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 01:51:41PM -0400, nescivi wrote:
> > On Monday 01 June 2009 13:43:22 Jan Weil wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 01:26:21PM -0400, nescivi wrote:
> > > > On Monday 01 June 2009 11:16:35 Jan Weil wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 11:03:49AM -0400, nescivi wrote:
> > > > > > some more on this...
> > > > > > I had a problem using my RME Multiface with this kernel... It saw
> > > > > > the PCMCIA card, but not the device. Tried my basic 2.6.29
> > > > > > kernel, that one had the same problem.
> > > > > > 2.6.26 had no problem with it.
> > > > >
> > > > > yup, been there. Does this
> > > > > <
http://www.nabble.com/kernel-2.6.29-rc6-no-working-rme-multiface-1
> > > > >-td2 2280 851.html>
> > > > > <
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.alsa.devel/60411> help?
> > > >
> > > > Probably :)
> > > > I don't need to rebuild the whole kernel for this, right?
> > >
> > > Yes, if you built snd-hdsp as a module. Until recently, you would have
> > > had to call 'make-kpkg clean' after patching, i.e., recompile the
> > > entire kernel, which was a real PITA. Fortunately, this is no longer
> > > needed. A long overdue change in my opinion.
> >
> > So which command do I use?
>
> Just call make-kpkg again as before, something like
>
> fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --revision XYZ kernel_image
>
> The kernel Makefile will catch your changes and only recompile what is
> needed. If I understand correctly, the debian sub-directory will be
> recreated on the fly. It should be safe to remove it, though, if the
> above does not work out. dpkg will yell out some warnings when you
> install the newly built version as it is not able to determine new
> module dependencies. In this case, just recompiling a single module,
> there shouldn't be a problem.