Hmmm, seems this objective is defective. On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 20:39 +0100, Peter Hess wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 20. Januar 2005 17:16 schrieb Mark Miller: > > Recently I was asked about the following: > > "I am trying to understand more about the "make" command and its > > targets. For instance, when one wants to configure the kernel you would > > run "make xconfig" then "make depmod" then"make modules", etc. The point > > is that the LPI has depmod listed as one one of the "make" targets. I > > have not been able to find any documentation on the depmod target of > > make as opposed to the program depmod which I understand well already. > > > Furthermore, I have not seen in any forum or tutorial "make depmod" > > being used. Instead I see "make dep". Are these synonomous? This is the > > real question I have. What is the difference and if any, why is "make > > dep" so popular while "make depmod" is practically unused?" > > > > My answer was that it seems this is left over from earlier kernels and > > that 2.6 actually has in /usr/src/linux/Makefile that "make dep" and > > "make depend" are not used. What should be used are "make modules" or > > "make modules_install" which then call depmod as needed. > > > > So my question is: > > > > What kernels used "make depmod"? > > I've looked up to kernel 1.0 but there was never a target with this name. > Only these three targets were used in the past: depend, dep and dep-files > > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > lpi-examdev mailing list > lpi-examdev@lpi.org > http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev -- Mark Miller Program Manager Exam Development Level 1 Linux Professional Institute
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