Thanks Santosh and Satish. Regards, Ashish
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Satish Eerpini <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi ashish , > > > they are the object files which were linked into the kernel module > file(.ko), you need not worry about them , they should actually be > gone if you run 'make clean' ........ > > also for more info refer to LDD 3rd edition (Linux Device Drivers) , > it is all explained there , .. .you should be able to find free > versions of the book in PDF format on the web , .......... > > > Thanks > Satish > > On 12/12/08, Ashish Verma <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Santosh, > > > > The problem was in the make file. I had put pcnet32.c instead of .o. The > > module has now been compiled. Now I got 4 files > > > > pcnet32.ko - I placed in /lib/modules/2.6.25.14/kernel/drivers/net > > > > What should I do with the rest. What are these for? I found similar file > > types in the /usr/src/linux-2.6.25.14/(different folders) > > > > pcnet32.mod.c > > pcnet32.mod.o > > pcnet32.o > > > > Regards > > Ashish > > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Santosh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Ashish Verma wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I dont know why this is not working for me. I was able to compile the > >>> hello > >>> world module without errors. > >>> > >>> I got the below error: > >>> > >>> make -C "/lib/modules/2.6.25.14/build" M=/root modules > >>> make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.14' > >>> scripts/Makefile.build:217: target '/root/pcnet32.c' doesn't match the > >>> target pattern > >>> Building modules, stage 2. > >>> MODPOST 0 modules > >>> make[1]: leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.14' > >>> I got the pcnet32.c file from > >>> /usr/src/linux-2.6.25.14/drivers/net/pcnet32.c. 2.6.25.14 is a compiled > >>> kernel. > >>> > >>> Why is it that pcnet32.c did not get compiled when the kernel was > >>> compiled? > >>> or when the modules were compiled? > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Ashish > >>> > >>> > >> I had a wrong idea, the actual error is with the makefile. Somewhere > >> regexps are used, which could not match the specified pattern. Thats the > >> problem. > >> > >> Thanks > >> Santosh > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe > >> <password> <address>" > >> in the subject or body of the message. > >> http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with > > "unsubscribe <password> <address>" > > in the subject or body of the message. > > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > > > > > -- > http://satish.playdrupal.com > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with > "unsubscribe <password> <address>" > in the subject or body of the message. > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
