make modules_install

niteshg · 12-26-2004, 09:03 PM

Hi,
I was trying to compile fedora 2.6.5-1.358 kernel.
I get the following error when i run
make modules_install command

ln: when making multiple links, last argument must be a directory
make: *** [_modinst_] Error 1

What could be the problem?
Thanks,
Nitesh

Moy Easwaran · 12-26-2004, 09:54 PM

Did you run make modules_install as root?

niteshg · 12-26-2004, 11:59 PM

yes I am running it as root.
Makefile
EXTRAVERSION option is changed.I do everything ars per the instructions given by everyone on the net but the problem persists.I was googling to get an answer but some people have reported this error but no solution.

Moy Easwaran · 12-27-2004, 03:53 AM

What are your version parameters set to? You don't want spaces, semicolons, etc. in this line:
KERNELRELEASE=$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION)$(LOCALVERSION)

If you insert the following line as the first target in _modinst_ in your Makefile, you'll know if make thinks your KERNELRELEASE is a filename (note the tab at the beginning of the line):

Code:

    @mkdir foo; cd foo; touch $(KERNELRELEASE); cd -; ls -la foo

Moy

niteshg · 12-27-2004, 02:27 PM

evrything is okay.
I did whatever u said $(KERNELRELEASE) is 2.6.5-1.358
in my /lib/modules/ i have a directory 2.6.5-1.358
in /usr/src there is a directory linux-2.6.5-1.358

the following is the script
$(TOPDIR) is /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-1.358
$(MODLIB) is /lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358

@ln -s $(TOPDIR) $(MODLIB)/build

this line in the Makefile generates the error i feel.But why it does it i dont know.

Moy Easwaran · 12-28-2004, 01:33 PM

A bandaid solution would be to hack the Makefile a little, remove the ln lines and make those links yourself, and then run the rest. It really just calls scripts/Makefile.modinst, so you might get away with that.

Of course, that doesn't address the issue of why you're getting the error in the first place, but if you don't want to debug the Makefile that might work.