"suresh ds" <dssuresh66@xxxxxxxx> writes: > 1) while compiling the 2.4 kernel, there was a step called "make > dep" , 'dep' means dependencies. What is meant by 'dependencies' > here? why was it needed? Sometimes one part of the kernel depends upon another. For example, a C file (e.g., foo.c) that includes a header file (foo.h) depends upon that header file. If foo.h changes, then you need to recompile foo.c. > 2) In 2.6, that step has been done away with ie. there is no "make > dep". Why was it removed in 2.6? The 2.6 kernel has an improved build system that makes the "make dep" step, which I remember as being unreliable anyway, obsolete. See "Documentation/kbuild". -- Ed L Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx> -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
