How to switch between installed kernel and developed kernel

Bernd Petrovitsch bernd at petrovitsch.priv.at
Mon Mar 22 08:30:47 EDT 2021


Hi,

On 22/03/2021 13:11, Gidi Gal wrote:
[...]
> <https://kernelnewbies.org/FirstKernelPatch>. I reached the step
> "Install your changes" in "Modifying a driver on native Linux". I would
> like to separate my developed kernel and my installed kernel and to
> switch between the two in order to test my changes. I am not sure that
[...]

I don't know that tutorial but - TTBOMK - folks use UserModeLinux, qemu
or a virtual machine like VirtualBox to test a self-patched kernel.

It obviously depends on the changed parts/drivers and/or architecture of
the kernel if that makes sense ...

MfG,
	Bernd
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