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but can you please explain this process in detail , because i am new in LINUX and i want to join device driver development , so please if you can help me !
I do not think this is the normal way of learning: you have just started to learn "linux" and you now want to implement device drivers without knowing how a simple makefile works. Aren't you?
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The way I see it :
A couple of lines are missing in the Makefile's from your link.
Prerequisites for building kernel modules :
A Linux OS that's easy to use for development.
Like Slackware, Fedora 17, CentOS 6.
I.e. the required kernel module build files in /usr/src/
are either included, or easy to install / update.
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