Can I compile extra modules for the kernel without recompile the whole kernel via makepkg?

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Hi,

Happy EndeavourOS user here. Thanks for this great distro.

So I used modprobed.db to collect kernel moduels I use.
Then I would do paru -G kernel-aur-pkg, edit the PKGBUILD file to specify the modprobed database path. Then do makepkg -si to build and install the kernel.

However time to time I have new usb stuff and devices come into use, and one or two new modules need to be compile. Is there a way to just compile the new modules only, adding to the kernel package and install, without compile the whole kernel everytime?

Thank you.

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That is only possible with the kernel binaries, such as packages core/linux. If you’re compiling the kernel from source then you will have to rebuild it as I assume the kernel provided by arch is not the exact same as upstream.

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Thanks, with modprobed-db and let the PKGBUILD file to use it, its no longer a bad task to do anyway.