On 10/8/05, Felix Oxley <lkml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I want to test a fix that I have made to a particular file. > > However: > # dell:/usr/src/linux-2.6.13.2-2 # make drivers/telephony/ixj.c > make: Nothing to be done for `drivers/telephony/ixj.c'. You are "make"ing an object file, not a .c file. Makefiles' syntax is for the target, not the source. make drivers/telephony/ixj.o > and: > # dell:/usr/src/linux-2.6.13.2-2 # make drivers/telephony > make: Nothing to be done for `drivers/telephony'. Please read the Makefile before posting. make M=drivers/telephony > and > # cc driver/telephony/ixj.cjust gives hundreds of errors. This is just plain silly and why we have a Makefile system in the first place. Thanks, Nish -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
