From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mudongliangabcd@gmail.com (mudongliang) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 22:32:59 +0800 Subject: Without "make modules" command, we can also execute "make modules_install" command? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <56167E9B.2060904@gmail.com> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On 10/08/2015 03:02 PM, Nan Xiao wrote: > Hi all, > > From KernelBuild post, I don't > see "make modules" command. This article only executes "make" > command before "sudo make modules_install install". > > So I am a little confused, is "make modules" optional in building > kernel? No "make modules" command, > we can also execute "make modules_install" command? > From "make help", you can see the following output: ... all - Build all targets marked with [*] * vmlinux - Build the bare kernel * modules - Build all modules modules_install - Install all modules to INSTALL_MOD_PATH (default: /) ... * bzImage - Compressed kernel image (arch/x86/boot/bzImage) ... install - Install kernel using (your) ~/bin/installkernel or (distribution) /sbin/installkernel or install to $(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo - mudongliang > Thanks very much in advance! > > Best Regards > Nan Xiao > > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/attachments/20151008/c6150891/attachment.html