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Re: [TCLUG:11986] epic100 module compile



On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Carlos Sabo wrote:

> On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Nate Carlson wrote:
> 
> > do you have the entire linux source tree installed? try running a 'make
> > oldconfig ; make dep' in /usr/src/linux and then recompile the module..
> 
> It worked.  what does `make oldconfig` do?
> 

make oldconfig rebuilds the config files so the kernel knows how it should
be built. cat the include/linux/autoconf.h file; it's just basic info on
what is/isn't installed in the kernel.

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