Re: missing elfconfig.h

[Jan Engelhardt]

On Jun 8 2007 22:19, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 09:08:36AM -0400, Rich Chase wrote:
>> An Apparent bug:
>> version 2.6.21.3
>> missing the file ./scripts/mod/elfconfig.h
>
>To build an external module you need to point to a directory
>where a fully build kernel is placed.
>
>You could do a full build and then a "make clean",
>this would still let you build external modules.

Is not "make prepare" enough?

>In your case the kernel was not build.
>And to build modpost you need to execute "make modules" from
>the kernel top-level directory.

"make scripts" ?

>Anything that is available public?
>Could take a quick look at the Makefile +
>build instructions.

Most likely it is one of the worse Makefile...


	Jan
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