On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:05:16 +0200, Erik Mouw <J.A.K.Mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 12:59:31PM +0530, K S Sandeep wrote: > > make -C /usr/src/linux M=`pwd` modules. > > > > I found out from 'man make' that -C is for changing directory. But i > > didn't get information on why 'M=`pwd` modules' is used. What purpose > > does this serve. > > It tells the kernel build system (kbuild) that it should do things in > the directory pointed by the variable M. oh ok... but why the modules keyword... is it the directory in the kernel source where the Kbuild should do its work or is it to identify that this peice of code will act as a module > > Erik > > -- > Erik Mouw > J.A.K.Mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
