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DateWed, 5 Jul 2006 22:32:31 -0700
From"Randy.Dunlap" <>
SubjectRe: O_TARGET
On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 15:32:28 +1000 (EST) yh@bizmail.com.au wrote:

> Thanks Randy, that works. But now it generated a NewSerial.ko instead of
> NewSerial.o in kernel 2.6, this caused a problem when I called the insmod,
> the insmod added another .o as follows:
> 
> insmod NewSerial.ko
> insmod: NewSerial.ko.o: no module by that name found
> 
> Is it possible for me to get a NewSerial.o, not a NewSerail.ko?

Nope, loadable modules in 2.6.x are *.ko files.
That's what insmod and modprobe expect.

Are using module-init-tools instead of modutils?
You should be.


> Thank you.
> 
> Jim
> 
> > On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 13:18:46 +1000 (EST) yh@bizmail.com.au wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> The O_TARGET is no longer valid in kernel 2.4, what is the replacement
> >> of
> >> following module object in kernel 2.6?
> >>
> >> O_TARGET := NewSerial.o
> >>
> >> obj-y   := new_s_driver.o queue.o
> >> obj-m   := $(O_TARGET)
> >
> > You just want a trivial Makefile ?
> >
> > See Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt for more info.
> >
> > Here is a working trivial example:
> >
> > #################### begin ###################3
> > # usage:
> > # make -C /path/to/kernel/source M=/path/to/source/TARGET/ [modules]
> >
> > obj-m := TARGET.o
> >
> > clean-files := *.o *.ko *.mod.c
> > ############# end #######################
> >
> > M= implies modules, so modules is optional.
> > I usually use M=$PWD (after cd to TARGET dir).

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~Randy
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