[lug] Kernel 2.4.18 for C3-based board

[D. Stimits]

Ferdinand Schmid wrote:
> 
> "Scott A. Herod" wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I recently installed RH 7.3 on a new Via board that I got.  Installation
> > was fine and the board works well. ( Except for the XF86 4.2.0 trident
> > driver over the RCA video output.  X with vesa works though. )  I did
> <snip>
> >     make mrproper
> >     cp configs/kernel-2.4.18-i686.config .config
> >     make xconfig ( Save and exit with no changes )
> >     make clean; make dep; make; make modules; make modules_install
> 
> Why do you need the make statement after make dep?
...

"make dep" only sets up dependencies based on the config file. It builds
nothing at all, the kernel and modules are still missing after make dep.
Unless of course they were compiled before, in which case you now have
the wrong kernel and/or modules (make mrproper is the way to solve
that).

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com