Why is "make dep" gone in 2.6?

[Timur Tabi <timur.tabi@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why was the "make dep" option removed in the 2.6 kernels?  With 2.4, I 
could just do "make oldconfig dep" in a new kernel tree, and I could 
compile my modules externally.  Now in 2.6 I need to build the entire 
kernel before I can compile my modules.  Is there an alternative?

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Timur Tabi
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