Because of make limitations, the build will fail if there are spaces in the path leading to the compat-wireless directory. I tried to make it work anyway for a while and, while it probably is possible, it would involve rewriting part of kbuild and well... This at least throws up nicely if there is a space in the path. Signed-off-by: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 7 +++++++ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index d3a9d93..c81d680 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT_BLUETOOTH_MODULES) += drivers/bluetooth/ else export PWD := $(shell pwd) + +# The build will fail if there is any space in PWD. +ifneq (,$(findstring $() ,$(PWD))) +$(error "The path to this compat-wireless directory has spaces in it." \ + "Please put it somewhere where there is no space") +endif + CFLAGS += \ -DCOMPAT_BASE_TREE="\"$(shell cat compat_base_tree)\"" \ -DCOMPAT_BASE_TREE_VERSION="\"$(shell cat compat_base_tree_version)\"" \ -- 1.7.2.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html