Re: New to kernel programming

[Kousik Maiti <maiti.kousik@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Robert.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009, Kousik Maiti wrote:

> This is my makefile:
>
> ifeq    ($(KERNELRELAESE),)

                  ^^^^^^^  wrong

>
>         KERNELDIR ?= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>         PWD := $(shell pwd)
> .PHONY: module clean
>
> module:
>         $(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
> clean:
>         rm -rf *.o *~ core .depend .*.cmd  *.mod.c .tmp_versions
> Module.symvers
> else
>         $(info Building with KERNELRELEASE = ${KERNELRELEASE})
>         # called from kernel build system: just declare what the modules are
>
>         obj-m :=        hi.o
> endif
> ~        
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 6:17 AM, Nikolay N. Ivanov <nn@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>       Hi Kousik.
>
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Kousik Maiti<maiti.kousik@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Hi list,
> > I am new to kernel programming. I want to create a module. For that
> I
> >follow http://crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Writing_your_first_kernel_modul
> e
> > .
> > When I run make command I got this message.
> > $make
> > make -C /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/build
> M=/home/kousik/program/module
> > modules
> > make[1]: Entering directory
> `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic'
> >   Building modules, stage 2.
> >   MODPOST 0 modules
> > make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic'
> > But there is no module means .ko file generated . Can anybody help
> me?
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> It seems like your Makefile is wrong. Can you show it?
>
> --
> Nikolay N. Ivanov
>
>
>
>
> --
> Kousik Maiti
> B.Tech
> Computer Science & Engineering
> RCC Institute of Information Technology
> Kolkata
>
>

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Kousik Maiti
B.Tech
Computer Science & Engineering
RCC Institute of Information Technology
Kolkata