From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from psmtp13.wxs.nl ([195.121.247.25]:61331 "EHLO psmtp13.wxs.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758834AbZKEUEX (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:04:23 -0500 Received: from localhost (ip545779c6.direct-adsl.nl [84.87.121.198]) by psmtp13.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 2.15 (built Nov 14 2006)) with ESMTP id <0KSN007ENJRF87@psmtp13.wxs.nl> for linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:04:28 +0100 (MET) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-6) with ESMTP id nA5K3T6T000790 for ; Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:03:30 +0100 Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:03:25 +0100 From: Jan Hoogenraad Subject: Make file request: default adddepmod instead of allyesmod To: Linux-Media Message-id: <4AF32F8D.4090900@hoogenraad.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I tried to guide a newbie through compiling v4l. v4l did not compile right away, because of a problem in one of the drivers http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8241469#post8241469 a workaroudn was proposed: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1305228 I myself have not experienced this problem as I have used make alldepmod, where the offending driver was not selected. Can the default config be reprogrammed from all yes (which might easily fail on certain kernel versions) to the all dep config ? That way, new users have more chance to have a succesful make right away.