--- Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 12:09:51AM -0800, murtuja > bharmal wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I want to compile external linux kernel module > without > > using KBUILD. > ... > > Do we have any document which describe how to make > > kernel module without using KBUILD. > > No. > Becasue building kernel modules without using kbuild > is highly > discouraged and vulnerable for all sort of config > related issues. > As a simple example the module may become unuseable > if just one > change is made to the configuration because this > changes > the parameters passed to gcc which again affects the > code > being built. > > Can you try to enlighting why you want to avoid > kbuild. > If you have a specific problem then maybe kbuild > already can > do what you need. > > Sam > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Hello Sam, My intention is to just understand whole process of making kernel module. Actually I am working on one project in which I have to port lots of 2.4 kernel module in 2.6 kernel. So I thought lets first try to understand, what is going behind KBUILD. I also gone through linux/Documentation/kbuild/ but didn't get very much information. Even after running it on Verbose Mode, I am not very much clear. Thanks Murtuja Bharmal ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
