On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 04:53:35PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> with the latest git tree, i do:
>
> $ make distclean
> $ make defconfig
> $ make drivers/usb/serial/visor.ko
>...
> CC drivers/usb/serial/visor.o
> MODPOST 0 modules
> $
>
> and the result?
>...
> [rpjday@localhost git]$ find . -name *.ko
> [rpjday@localhost git]$
>
> ok, so where's my visor.ko module file? the book certainly suggests
> i should have one at this point. ah, but the i386 defconfig
> doesn't select the handspring module,
There are no .ko files for statically built code.
> so i'll do a clean, go back into
> menuconfig, select visor as a module and try again:
>
> $ make drivers/usb/serial/visor.ko
> HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf
> scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/i386/Kconfig
>...
> CC [M] drivers/usb/serial/visor.o
> /bin/sh: .tmp_versions/visor.mod: No such file or directory
> MODPOST 0 modules
> $
>
> ok, so what's the trick here? are you actually getting a .ko file?
The latter works if you had built the module before and recompile it.
But I think in theory it should also work the way you tried it. Sam?
> rday
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Adrian
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