Return-path: Received: from mail-gg0-f174.google.com ([209.85.161.174]:46124 "EHLO mail-gg0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753337Ab2GLDZD (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:25:03 -0400 Received: by gglu4 with SMTP id u4so1984091ggl.19 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:25:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4FFE437E.8080008@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20120712_052509_361087_1C5CA681) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:24:46 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ouyang CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: problem with installing the kernel References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 07/11/2012 09:52 PM, Ouyang wrote: > I add something to the wireless-testing and then run: >> make modules >> make bzImage > > it seems all fine. but could not go any further > # make modules_install > rm:invalid option -- '3' > Try 'rm -- help' for more information > make : *** [_modinst_] Error 1 > > Could anyone please help me with the situation? > The version of the linux is 3.4.4-3.fc17.x86_64 #1 Are you building the kernel as root? That is a terrible policy!!! You should run "make" as a regular user, and follow that with "sudo make modules_install install". If that fails, you need to ask about the problem at Fedora. The standard kernel does the modules installation without any problems. Larry