On Wednesday 30 April 2008 11:28:15 am Robert M. Albrecht wrote: > Hi Sam, > > I have a problem in compiling a kernel module > (outside the kernel) in F9 (rawhide). Perhaps someone could enlighten me. > > [root@localhost toshiba_acpi]# ll > insgesamt 24 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 145 29. Apr 17:49 Makefile > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19774 28. Apr 21:46 toshiba_acpi.c > > [root@localhost toshiba_acpi]# make > make: F?r das Ziel ?default? ist nichts zu tun. > > [root@localhost toshiba_acpi]# cat Makefile > obj-m := toshiba_acpi.o > > KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build > PWD := $(shell pwd) > > default: > $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules > > [root@localhost toshiba_acpi]# > > Nothing happens. Has the Makefile to be changed for F9 or do I make a > stupid mistake ? The Makefile looks correct at a glance... Do you kernel-devel installed? If not, build will be a dangling symlink...

[root@localhost toshiba_acpi]# make make: F?r das Ziel ?default? ist nichts zu tun.

default: $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:28:15 +0200, "Robert M. Albrecht" <romal(a)gmx.de&gt; wrote: > [root@localhost toshiba_acpi]# make > make: F?r das Ziel ?default? ist nichts zu tun. Once again with LANG=C, please. This is just why l18n is a very bad idea. > default: > $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules Yes I can see "default" in the make diagnostic above. Maybe tab is missing and replaced with spaces, and make TELLS YOU THAT, only IN GERMAN.