How to compile kernel module for a new kernel before reboot?

[Craig White]

On Sat, 2010-04-03 at 23:04 +0400, Andrew Junev wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I have a vt6656 WiFi adapter that needs a separate driver to work in
> Linux. The driver is neither in "native" Fedora repos, nor in
> rpmfusion (at least I don't know how to search for it, so I think it's
> not there). 
> 
> So whenever I do a 'yum update' and get a new kernel, I have to
> compile a new kernel module as well. Currently, I first reboot to a
> new kernel, then compile a module and then do another reboot just to
> check everything is loading properly on bootup.
> 
> How do I compile my driver for a new kernel _before_ actually booting
> into that new kernel, so that I could be prepared with the new kernel
> module already on first reboot? 
----
unless something radically changed in the kernel, you could probably
just copy the module from /lib/modules/kernel-x to /lib/modules/kernel-y

or you could use Matt Domsch's dkms

Craig


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