make doesn't know how to make KERNCONF

Chris Pratt eagletree at hughes.net
Sun Nov 16 12:16:37 PST 2008


On Nov 16, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Mel wrote:

> On Friday 14 November 2008 20:31:28 Gerardo Paredes wrote:
>> Hello, i have a problem compiling a custom kernel on a AMD 850 MHZ
>> Processor, however on the last stage  it fails with the following  
>> message:
>>
>>
>> make doesn't know how to make KERNCONF
>>
>>
>> the command i run is:
>>
>> cd /usr/src
>> make buildkernel KERNCONF=MIO
>
> The most likely cause is that you typed make buildkernel KERNCONF  
> =MIO, with a
> space between KERNCONF and the = sign.

I thought that initially too and I tried that to reproduce his situation
using that typo. It came up with:

ERROR: Missing kernel configuration file(s) (GENERIC).

rather than the error he reports. This was on a 6.2 test box though.

> -- 
> Mel
>
> Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
>     and never get to the software part.
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