[nflug] Destructive Makefile???

[Cyber Source]

The first thing that screams out is, 2.6.8* kernel??!!
I'm far from knowing alot about kernel stuff but that does seem to be 
the common denominator in your problems and I do remember that that 
particular kernel was fraught with problems, especially in the 4k vs 8k 
thing and would have give fits to build processes. Why are you running 
such an ancient, known problem series, kernel?

Roelant Ossewaarde wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem that has me scratching my head in disbelief.
>
> Here's the scenario: I'm trying to build a RTL-8180 driver for my 
> wireless card. I've installed linux-sources (I'm running a 2.6.8-18 
> kernel).
>
> I should say I've never had to build drivers before; it doesn't look 
> hard, but for some reason I get an error message.
>
> Here's the funky part: `make' will actually REMOVE all of my source 
> files when it encounters the error:
>
> miep at debian:~$ ls rtl8180-0.21
> AUTHORS ieee80211_crypt.h ieee80211_rx.c Makefile module_unload24 
> r8180_gct.h r8180_pm.c r8180_wx.h
> CHANGES ieee80211_crypt_wep.c ieee80211_tx.c Makefile26 r8180_93cx6.c 
> r8180.h r8180_pm.h README
> compat24.h ieee802_11.h ieee80211_wx.c module_load r8180_93cx6.h 
> r8180_hw.h r8180_sa2400.c README.adhoc
> COPYING ieee80211.h INSTALL module_load24 r8180_core.c r8180_max2820.c 
> r8180_sa2400.h README.master
> ieee80211_crypt.c ieee80211_module.c LICENSE module_unload r8180_gct.c 
> r8180_max2820.h r8180_wx.c
> miep at debian:~$ cd rtl8180-0.21/
> miep at debian:~/rtl8180-0.21$ make
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-486/build 
> SUBDIRS=/home/miep/rtl8180-0.21 MODVERDIR=/home/miep/rtl8180-0.21 modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18'
>
> WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18/Module.symvers
> is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.
>
> scripts/Makefile.build:17: /home/miep/rtl8180-0.21/Makefile: No such 
> file or directory
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target 
> `/home/miep/rtl8180-0.21/Makefile'. Stop.
> make[1]: *** [_module_/home/miep/rtl8180-0.21] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18'
> make: *** [2.6] Error 2
> miep at debian:~/rtl8180-0.21$ ls
> miep at debian:~/rtl8180-0.21$
>
> Note the last command: the directory is now EMPTY.
>
> This has nothing to do with the driver itself; before I installed the 
> kernel sources, I got the same error, but no removal of files. Also, 
> the same behavior occurs when I'm trying to build a different driver, 
> in a different directory. I have the feeling something within the 
> kernel build system does this, but I cannot believe that anyone would 
> ever code such a destructive procedure.
>
> I have no clue what's happening here. Anyone else?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roelant.
>
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