On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 02:16:14AM +0500, Shaz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Need to compile an external module as a kernel built-in module. Its
> Makefile is set as obj-m meaning as a loadable module so it will be
> kept on filesystem separately. This means I have to do obj-y to make
> it built-in. But I wanted to know, before I just try it out, that the
> Makefile of the kernel module is way too complex for me and there was
> an install target which is creating files for miscilleneous functions
> of the module and it had a /dev/<module-name>, which means its a
> device driver.
>
> So what do I need to consider apart from the change obj-m to obj-y?
It does not work this way.
You have to add the external module to the kernel sources so that it
gets built when the kernel gets built.
> Shaz
cu
Adrian
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