Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:38:47 +0200 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: [Q]Adding src files to 2.6.18 kernel and build failure query |
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 09:35:52PM +0530, pradeep singh rautela wrote: > Hi, > > I am facing some problem understanding and using the kernel Kbuild > system. I tried googling but not much of help. > > Thanks to a good kbuild documentation in the tree. It looks like $(LD) > -r is not able to do what it is supposed to do. May be i am doing > something wrong? > > here is a brief summary of what i am doing - > > I added some .c files to a new dir under net/foo/ . > Added corresponding .h files to a new dir under include/foo/ > > Create a Kconfig and Makefile in net/foo/ directory. > Added corresponding entries to Makefile and Kconfig in the net/ dir. > > I happily executed a make with a beaming face after selecting the foo > option after doing a > $make menuconfig. > > To my surprise i got this error :- > > make[1]: *** No rule to make target `arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds', > needed by `__build'. Stop
Did the kernel build before you started adding your stuff? It looks like you broke something non-obvious when adding your stuff since the above failure should not happen just by adding a new directory under net/
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