make dep is used to create the dependancy file .depend. This file tells make what files to remake if a file changes. On Monday 16 June 2003 1:16 pm, Jurgens du Toit wrote: > Hi all.. > > Could someone explain the use of > > make dep > make bzImage > make modules > make modules_install > > please? > > I'm busy modifying drivers/char/pty.c, and I'd like to > know if I should run both make dep & bzImage. What all > of them specifically do would also be grand... > > Thanx! > Jrgns > > ===== -- Tom Bradley Software Engineer Jaycor / Titan Systems -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
