I have encountered the following problem when trying to compile the static library murtc.o


Error message when I run the "make" command in the directory of where Makefile located.

"
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/build M=/opt/EFCS/MURTC/module KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [murtc.o] Error 2
"

The directory ...686/build does not existed, however, when i manually created one and run the make command again. still get the same message.


Thanks for any help and nice day!

Most likely you don't have the kernel source files installed.

Thanks very much, Ongte! Where does the kernel source file supposed to be located? There are files like "modules.usbmap, modules.symbols, etc" in the /lib/module/2.6.26-2-686/kernel folder. Actually, I did try to change the path of Kernel source pointing in the Makefile source code:

"KERNEL_SRC ?= /lib/modules/$(KERNEL_VERSION)/build" from "build" to "kernel"

However, I still got similar error message as bellow:

"
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel M=/opt/EFCS/MURTC/module KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel'
make: *** [murtc.o] Error 2
"

the only difference is it entering the directory.

Thanks!

You don't need to change it, /lib/modules/$(KERNEL_VERSION)/build should be there. It's not there probably cuz you don't have the package installed.

Depending on your distro, you can normally install the kernel source & headers by looking in the package manager for: kernel-source and kernel-headers

Thanks for the response, Ongte! Hope you had a nice weekend!. So should I download kernel package and looking in the manager for the kernel source and headers?