On Sat, Oct 01, 2005 at 19:08:55 +0530, Pradeep Singh wrote: > hi all > > i recently tried writing a very simple module for 2.6 kernel series. > > its a simple hello world program from ldd 3rd ed. > > when i create a Makefile and do a make, it gives me a warning mesg saying > > error : file .module.o.d doesnt have required permissions. > > from where did this file come into picture. > > i changed the permission masks using chmod 777 .module.o.d and then tried > make . > > now it runs fine but makes the module as hello.o while i need a hello.ko ... > :-( > > y is this happening? > > i have used the Makefile given in the 2nd chapter of ldd 3rd ed by rubini. > > i must add that when i did the same thing as root nothing wrong happend but > happened nly wen i m compliing the module as non-root user. > > y is this? i should b able to compile , if i m not wrong u need su > permissions to insert the module not to compile it. > > > i also want to know there were also some files which showed up only when i > used ls -la like .hello.cmd .o etc , wat r these ? theri significance? If you don't care to spell properly, why should anyone care to help you? You don't give enough details (like kernel version, contents of the Makefile...) anyway. -- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@xxxxxx>
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