On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Andy Johnson <johnsonzjo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > When I want to build a kernel module (let's say it is drivers/net/b44.ko) > I simply run > "make drivers/net/b44.ko" and it was ok. > Now I had build the kernel in a differnet tree than the source tree. > There is kernel_obj under the parent of the kernel directory. > I had done this by by: make O=../kernel_ob > > When I try to built the module in that kernel_obj tree I want to do the same, > namely build only one specific module (and not all the tree); and I can't. > > To be more specific: > If I run > make O=../kernel_obj > It will be OK; it will build the module. But this will take a lot of > time, since in fact > it tries to build all the tree and not only a specified module. > Go to the root kernel tree, and try, make SUBDIRS=drivers/net modules > So: > I tried: > make O=../kernel_ob ../kernel_obj/drivers/net/b44.ko and it does **not** work. > > Also: > make ../kernel_obj/drivers/net/b44.ko > is not good for this. > > Any ideas ? > HTH, > Regards, > Andy > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- Regards, Sandeep. "To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
