[lug] Kernel 2.4.18 for C3-based board

[Ferdinand Schmid]

"D. Stimits" wrote:
> 
> 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).
I referred to the blank make statement.  I never do more than this line:
make dep; make clean; make bzImage; make modules; make modules_install 
Scott had an extra make without parameters in his command line.


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