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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:50:39 +0200
From: Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi>
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To: "Peter J. Braam" <braam@clusterfilesystem.com>
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Subject: Re: Makefile for external modules
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"Peter J. Braam" wrote:
> Rumor has it that there is now a simple way to build modules outside
> the kernel tree.  I'm told that you place a kernel style makefile in
> your directory and do:
> 
> make -C /usr/src/linux MOD_SUB_DIRS=/my/module/dir modules
> 
> It almost works, but loops. What is wrong?

cd /usr/src/linux && make SUBDIRS=/my/module/dir modules

Take a look at loop-AES makefile:
http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/loop-AES-v1.4g.tar.bz2

Regards,
Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi>

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