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From: Felix Oxley <lkml@oxley.org>
To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [KJ] Question re make
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 19:08:03 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200510082008.04991.lkml@oxley.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200510081802.35521.lkml@oxley.org>


> You are "make"ing an object file, not a .c file. Makefiles' syntax is
> for the target, not the source.
>
> make drivers/telephony/ixj.o
>
I had tried this all ready and forgot to mention it, but it didn't work at the 
time.
>
> Please read the Makefile before posting.
>
Which file should I read?

> make M=drivers/telephony
>

This does the trick!

> > and
> >         # cc driver/telephony/ixj.cjust gives hundreds of errors.
>
> This is just plain silly and why we have a Makefile system in the first
> place.
>
I know, but  I was just trying to exaplan all the methods I had tried.
I think I must have cocked something up before but it is better now.

Thanks for your help.
Felix

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-10-08 19:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-10-08 17:02 [KJ] Question re make Felix Oxley
2005-10-08 18:01 ` Nish Aravamudan
2005-10-08 19:08 ` Felix Oxley [this message]
2005-10-09  5:08 ` Nishanth Aravamudan
2005-10-10 21:15 ` lounprime

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