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Subjectmisleading kernel config error msg when building module against kernel

when one tries to build a simple module against a "make distclean"ed
source tree, one gets:

ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.
include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.
Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.

that diagnostic seems inaccurate in two ways.

first, "make oldconfig" is unnecessarily specific -- it should
really just say, "you must configure your kernel source first."

and second, "make prepare" should really say "make modules_prepare",
should it not?

anyone mind if i submit a patch?

rday

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