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Building a single target in an external module fails due to missing .tmp_versions directory. For example, $ make -C /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build M=$PWD foo.o will fail in the following way: CC [M] /home/masahiro/foo/foo.o /bin/sh: 1: cannot create /home/masahiro/foo/.tmp_versions/foo.mod: Directory nonexistent This is because $(cmd_crmodverdir) is executed only before building /, %/, %.ko single targets of external modules. Create .tmp_versions in the 'prepare' target. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.