Hi! On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 03:17:03PM +0100, Peter Poulsen wrote: > When we build our own modules, we type something like: > > make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22/build M=$(PWD) modules > > What is the 'M' variable actually used for? If somebody can tell me in what > Makefile > it is read (and at which line) it would be awesome The "-C" flag sets the directory to where the make command shall go to before start executing. Thus, the Makefile is located at /lib/modules/2.6.22/build. In this directory you can find the place where this variable is used. Just grep it for "$(M)" ;) -- Luis Henriques -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
