Hi Robert, On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 11 Oct 2010, Dave Hylands wrote: > >> HI Shivanth, >> >> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 8:20 AM, shivanth m p <fordearlinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > I created a kernel module for the 2.6.33 kernel outside the kernel source >> > directory . When i give the make command it says >> > Nothing to be done for /root/mydrivers >> > >> > Here's my makefile >> > >> > obj-m +=mydiver.o >> > modules : >> > make -C ..kerndev/linux-2.6/ M=$(PWD) modules >> > clean : >> > make -C ../kerndev/linux-2.6/ M=$(PWD) clean >> > >> > my module source is in /root/mydrivers and the kernel source in >> > /root/kerndev/linux-2.6 >> >> When you invoke make by default with no arguments, it assume you typed >> make all. Since your makefile has no all target, it thinks that there >> is nothing to be done. > > no, it will simply use the first target it finds. Doh - I should have known better... -- Dave Hylands Shuswap, BC, Canada http://www.DaveHylands.com/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
