I'm having a problem building external modules from the command line in the linux 1.4 release. It appears that modpost.exe core dumps when trying to build the <mod>.cmd.c file (I believe). The sequence I execute from the linux source tree is:
make O=../kernel hwselect SYSPTF=../nios32.ptf
make O=../kernel menuconfig
make O=../kernel
make O=../kernel M=../drivers modules
The actual output:
[SOPC Builder]$ make O=../kernel M=../drivers modules
no emulation specific options.
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
Signal 11
make[2]: *** [__modpost] Error 139
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make: *** [modules] Error 2
~/srd/linux-2.6.x
[SOPC Builder]$
If I remove the ../kernel/Module.symvers then the error goes away and the modules build. Reading the Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt it mentions using the target modules_prepare so the Modules.symvers doesn't get built during the kernel build. I was not able to get this to work.
Am I doing something wrong in the build sequence?
Any help much appreciated!
Thanks,
Steve
