On 08.10.2005 [20:08:03 +0100], Felix Oxley wrote: > > > 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 > > > I had tried this all ready and forgot to mention it, but it didn't work at the > time. Were you trying to build ixj as a module? You might have needed make drivers/telephony/ixj.ko Not sure, though. > > Please read the Makefile before posting. > > > Which file should I read? The top-level Makefile gives a good overview of available targets/syntax. The drivers/telephony/Makefile probably has some indication of available targets specific to that directory. > > make M=drivers/telephony > > > > This does the trick! Great! > > > 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. > > > I know, but I was just trying to exaplan all the methods I had tried. > I think I must have cocked something up before but it is better now. Glad you got it figured out. Thanks, Nish -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
