Re: [PATCH v6 0/2] Pinefeat cef168 lens control board driver

From: Aliaksandr Smirnou

Date: Sat May 30 2026 - 07:48:17 EST


On Thu, 28 May 2026 09:36:13 +0100, Alen Karnil wrote:

> > Could you please ensure you are using the Makefile provided in the cef168
> > repository?
> ```
> $ make
> make -C "/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build" M="/home/admin/work/cef168"
> DTC_INCLUDE="/usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r | sed
> 's/rpt-.*/rpt-common-rpi/'`/include"
> make[1]: Entering directory '/home/admin/linux'
> make[2]: Entering directory '/home/admin/work/cef168'
> CC [M] cef168.o
> make[4]: *** No rule to make target 'imx477.dtbo', needed by
> 'modules.order'. Stop.
> make[3]: *** [/home/admin/linux/Makefile:2024: .] Error 2
> make[2]: *** [/home/admin/linux/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/admin/work/cef168'
> make[1]: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/admin/linux'
> make: *** [Makefile:16: default] Error 2
> ```
>
> This is what I got hung up on, which is why I moved onto copying the
> .dts* and building it from the kernel directory, which lead into the
> previous issue and me needing to roll my own .dts*

Could you pull the latest version of the main branch from the cef168
repository? This issue was fixed recently, so it looks like the code
you pulled was from before that fix was merged.

The fix involved using the dtb-y target instead of obj-m in the Makefile.

> > Will do. Should I update the patch before or after your review?
>
> I would prefer if you were to update it before just so we are in sync,
> thank you.

Will do.