Compiling a module outside kernel

[Jarod Wilson]

On Wednesday 30 April 2008 11:28:15 am Robert M. Albrecht wrote:
> Hi Sam,
>
> I have a problem in compiling a kernel module
> (outside the kernel) in F9 (rawhide). Perhaps someone could enlighten me.
>
> [root at localhost toshiba_acpi]# ll
> insgesamt 24
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   145 29. Apr 17:49 Makefile
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19774 28. Apr 21:46 toshiba_acpi.c
>
> [root at localhost toshiba_acpi]# make
> make: F?r das Ziel ?default? ist nichts zu tun.
>
> [root at localhost toshiba_acpi]# cat Makefile
> obj-m := toshiba_acpi.o
>
> KDIR  := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
> PWD   := $(shell pwd)
>
> default:
>     $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>
> [root at localhost toshiba_acpi]#
>
> Nothing happens. Has the Makefile to be changed for F9 or do I make a
> stupid mistake ?

The Makefile looks correct at a glance... Do you kernel-devel installed? If 
not, build will be a dangling symlink...

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jwilson at redhat.com