On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:14 -0500, suresh ds wrote: > 1) while compiling the 2.4 kernel, there was a step called "make > dep" , 'dep' means dependencies. What is meant by 'dependencies' ? > why was it needed? > > 2) In 2.6, that step has been done away with ie. there is no "make > dep". Why was it removed in 2.6? Because it is not needed. The dependency rules etc. are now correct so that the explicit step is no longer needed. IOW it was broken in 2.4. Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
