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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:16:10 -0400 From: Roman Suvorov <4rvs19@...il.com> To: Pascal Klein <p.p.k@....de> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel Builds Hi Pascal, Thanks for your reply! Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't patches modify just the source code (.c/.h files)? You would still need to compile it to binary code to see the changes in action, right? What I'm looking into is how much time a typical kernel developer spends with the build system every day. Regards, Roman. On 18-Apr-2012, at 4:13 , Pascal Klein wrote: > Hello Roman, > > Mostly there is no need of building a new kernel - as in most cases new developments can be added as a patch without building the kernel. > > For normal users there is also no need as new kernel versions are provided by the distro teams. > > What are you looking for? > > Sincerely, > > Pascal > from Germany > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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