Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261867AbUDSVHm (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:07:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261742AbUDSVHm (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:07:42 -0400 Received: from smtp.sys.beep.pl ([195.245.198.13]:5136 "EHLO maja.beep.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261884AbUDSVHj convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:07:39 -0400 From: Arkadiusz Miskiewicz Organization: SelfOrganizing To: Sam Ravnborg Subject: Re: build system broken in 2.6.6rc1 for external modules? Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 23:07:31 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200404191956.53184.arekm@pld-linux.org> <20040419205817.GA2090@mars.ravnborg.org> In-Reply-To: <20040419205817.GA2090@mars.ravnborg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-Id: <200404192307.31059.arekm@pld-linux.org> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "maja.beep.pl", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or block similar future email. If you have any questions, see postmaster@localhost for details. Content preview: Dnia Monday 19 of April 2004 22:58, Sam Ravnborg =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=20napisa=B3:?= > There is currently a glitch that requires you to have defined > at least one module in the kernel. net/dummy for example. > When next round of patched are in you will not need to build the full > kernel either. Great but with 2.6.5 kernel (2.6.4, too. previous probably too) I was able to build modules without need to build the full kernel. [...] Content analysis details: (0.0 points, 25.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-Authenticated-Id: arekm Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1312 Lines: 38 Dnia Monday 19 of April 2004 22:58, Sam Ravnborg napisa?: > There is currently a glitch that requires you to have defined > at least one module in the kernel. net/dummy for example. > When next round of patched are in you will not need to build the full > kernel either. Great but with 2.6.5 kernel (2.6.4, too. previous probably too) I was able to build modules without need to build the full kernel. > If you do not want (cannot) build the kernel in the $KERNELSRCDIR > then you can use: > > cd $KERNELSRCDIR > copy config-up ~/build > make O=~/build This will start building kernel for me! I don't want that. I want only few external modules to be built. I'll wait for ,,next round of patches'' anyway. > cd $MODULEDIR > make -C KERNELSRCDIR O=~/build M=$PWD not make -C KERNELSRCDIR O=~/build M=$PWD modules ? > Hope this clarifies it. > Sam Would be nice if that ended in Documentation/modules.txt for example. -- Arkadiusz Mi?kiewicz CS at FoE, Wroclaw University of Technology arekm.pld-linux.org, 1024/3DB19BBD, JID: arekm.jabber.org, PLD/Linux - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/