Make install kernel module without reboot?

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I am trying to make changes to a buggy driver on Linux (mint). Is it possible to make and test the changes without rebooting every time?

What driver is it? The real key is if the module is actually a (un)loadable module. If it's compiled in to your kernel, there still may be a way as I think I saw a somewhat recent new kernel feature for handing off control to another kernel while running (though that sounds crazy). Hennes has a good reply below.
I actually used kernel modules when I was writing a Firewire driver for the Linux kernel (Not the one in the kernel, just one used only in Natlab). One thing I learned the hard way: Keep your backups (code) on another host than the host you are testing on. (in indsight: that should have been obvious).

Hennes · Answer 1 · 2013-01-24 19:48:02Z

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If you put your changes in a module rather than inside a monolithic kernel then you can load and unload the module.

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answered Jan 24 at 19:48

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