On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 11:04:21PM +0530, K S Sandeep wrote: > 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 It's the build target (that should be documented in the GNU make info pages). IOW: you tell kbuild you want to make the "modules" target for the directory in variable M. Erik -- Erik Mouw J.A.K.Mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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