On 12/20/05, J. K. Cliburn <jcliburn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Instructions for (re)building a single kernel module in FC4 are simple > and outlined in the Release Notes thusly. > > ******************************************** > For example, to build the foo.ko module, create the following Makefile > in the directory containing the foo.c file: > > obj-m := foo.o > > KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build > PWD := $(shell pwd) > > default: > $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules > > Issue the make command to build the foo.ko module. > ******************************************** > > I've done this in the past, but for some reason, today it doesn't > work. I'm trying to rebuild the via-velocity kernel module. > > [root@osprey net]# uname -r > 2.6.14-1.1653_FC4 > [root@osprey net]# pwd > /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.14/linux-2.6.14/drivers/net > [root@osprey net]# ls -l via-velocity.c > -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 88213 Dec 20 08:09 via-velocity.c > [root@osprey net]# cat Makefile > obj-m := via-velocity.o > > KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build > PWD := $(shell pwd) > > default: > $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules > [root@osprey net]# make > make: Nothing to be done for `default'. Well, never mind. I went to the $(KDIR) directory (above, as shown in the Makefile) and got the module built. (Still don't know why it wouldn't work the other way.) [root@osprey build]# cd /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1653_FC4/build [root@osprey build]# make M=/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.14/linux-2.6.14/drivers/net modules CC [M] /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.14/linux-2.6.14/drivers/net/via-velocity.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.14/linux-2.6.14/drivers/net/via-velocity.mod.o LD [M] /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.14/linux-2.6.14/drivers/net/via-velocity.ko
