Re: building external library under 2.6

From: Sam Ravnborg (sam_at_ravnborg.org)
Date: 09/30/04

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    Date:	Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:59:11 +0200 (CEST)
To: "Frederic Dumoulin" <frederic_dumoulin@eve-team.com>

    > Hi,
    >
    > I succeeded to build an externel module under 2.6 with the following
    > Makefile:
    >
    > ifneq ($(KERNELRELEASE),)
    > obj-m := testKernel.o
    > testKernel-objs := $(OBJS)
    > else
    > KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
    > PWD := $(shell pwd)
    > testKernel.ko :
    > $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
    > endif
    Look ok except the way you use testKernel.ko.
    Much better to use all: since this will not conflict
    with a potential output file.

    >
    > I made modifications in order to build a library:
    >
    > ifneq ($(KERNELRELEASE),)
    > lib-y := $(OBJS)
    > else
    > KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
    > PWD := $(shell pwd)
    > lib.a :
    > $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
    > endif

    Try wil all: as replacement for lib.a:
    It should cure things.

    No access to Linux box atm so I cannot check.

       Sam

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