From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758758AbZCOKVS (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:21:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753652AbZCOKVB (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:21:01 -0400 Received: from gw-ca.panasas.com ([209.116.51.66]:10322 "EHLO laguna.int.panasas.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751947AbZCOKVA (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:21:00 -0400 Message-ID: <49BCD652.7060803@panasas.com> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:20:02 +0200 From: Boaz Harrosh User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Ravnborg CC: linux-kernel Subject: Re: 2.6.29-rcx triviality - How to have foo.ko module with same name as foo.c source file References: <49BCD2F6.6030903@panasas.com> <20090315101210.GA5669@uranus.ravnborg.org> <49BCD50B.4020501@panasas.com> In-Reply-To: <49BCD50B.4020501@panasas.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Mar 2009 10:20:57.0795 (UTC) FILETIME=[BB2F5930:01C9A557] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Boaz Harrosh wrote: > Sam Ravnborg wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 12:05:42PM +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote: >>> Since sometime in the 2.6.29-rc I'm no longer able to produce an >>> out-of-tree module that has the same base-name as a source file. >>> >>> This is what I had in 2.6.28: >>> >>> obj-m += foo.o >>> >>> Where foo.c is a source file in the same directory. >>> >>> But since 2.6.29-rcx it will no longer build my foo.ko module. I >>> had to change it to: >>> >>> foo_mod-y = foo.o >>> obj-m += foo_mod.o >>> >>> Which changed my module name in scripts and packages. >> We use the single .c file for a module with the same name as the >> module all over the kernel. >> >> What is more likely is that your module started to include an >> additional sourcefile (antoehr .o) in which case you no longer >> can have a source file sharing the name of the module. >> >>> P.S: >>> Just asking I realized that I can just add an "mv ..." command to my make file. >> Using mv is no-no.. >> >> Sam > > Hey hi, that was really fast ;) Thanks > > I realize that in-tree it works for sure. It's when I use the "make -M ..." out-of-tree > and... No, I changed nothing, I had this, one liner, one source, one module and all of a sudden > it does not build. Let me check if it is a dependency problem (not rebuilding when things change) > or does it not build at all. Checking ... > > Boaz > Sorry please disregard it works again, I was probably too quick to make assumptions. I did an hard clean and every thing started to work again. I'm not sure what it was. Sorry for the noise Boaz