device driver module

[Altera_Forum]

Hello, 

 I am currently writing a kernel device driver module. Added and modified Makefiles and Kconfig, and it seems to work.  As I am actively developing and debugging code, it takes a long time everytime I change a line in this driver, and had to recompile the entire kernel.  Does anyone how to just remake the module without having to make the entire kernel ?

[Altera_Forum]

you can insert module with 

insmod mymodule and remove a module with rmmod mymodule  when your linux is running. However it is necessary to enable module loading and unloading feature, when you configure your kernel  Have a nice day

[Altera_Forum]

Thanks, but what i really want to know is there a quicker way to generate the module rather than going through 

make make linux image;  E.g. if I change a line of code when debugging the driver, it would take me 2 minutes to find out if there there is an error in the driver code.  How do I make building the kernel driver module as a separate project ?

[Altera_Forum]

please have a look at 

 1) http://forum.niosforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2411&hl= 2) http://forum.niosforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2522&hl=    it works with the microtronix port. but i didn't test it with nioswiki buildroot ( i assume you are using this).

[Altera_Forum]

Please read the "Build external modules" section in the wiki page, 

http://nioswiki.jot.com/wikihome/operating...duleprogarmming (http://nioswiki.jot.com/wikihome/operatingsystems/%c2%b5clinux/moduleprogarmming)

[Altera_Forum]

Thanks hippo. I will give it a try.

[Altera_Forum]

wiki page updated again. to build module alone inside the kernel tree.