FW: [ale] Trouble using makefile on Caldera eDesktop 2.4

[randy.dunlap at intel.com (Dunlap, Randy)]

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~Randy_________________________________________


-----Original Message-----
From: Dunlap, Randy 
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 8:18 AM
To: 'Joseph A. Knapka'; Ron Nottingham
Cc: ale at ale.org
Subject: RE: [ale] Trouble using makefile on Caldera eDesktop 2.4


> From: Joseph A. Knapka [mailto:jknapka at earthlink.net]
> 
> This is because all of the kernel makefiles assume that they are
> being invoked via rules in the top level makefile, usually
> /usr/src/linux/Makefile, which sets up a bunch of stuff that
> the subdirectory make files need. You will need to
> "cd /usr/src/linux ; make modules ; make modules_install"
> to rebuild vfat.o, assuming you've configured VFAT support as a
> module. Of course, only the things that actually need to
> be rebuilt will be.
> 
> There may be a way to build stuff in subdirectories independently,
> but I've never found out what it is.

Without a custom driver makefile, the best that I know
of is subdir-level makes:

  cd /usr/src/linux  {or whatever it is on your system}
  make modules SUBDIRS=drivers/usb

for example.

~Randy

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