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[Michael Wiktowy]

On 11/8/06, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 November 2006 15:59, Paul Howarth wrote:
> > Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > OK - removed it, and make continued, apparently succeeding.  However,
> > > attempting install gives me
> > >
> > > install -c -m 0644 gspca.ko /lib/modules/`uname
> > > -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/ install: target
> > > `/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/drivers/usb/media/' is not a
> > > directory: No such file or directory
> > >
> > > Do I simply create this directory?
> I'm out of my depth, here, Paul.  Part of the makefile reads
>
> MODULE_INSTALLDIR = /lib/modules/$(KERNEL_VERSION)/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
> MODULE_INSTALLDIR2
> = /lib/modules/$(KERNEL_VERSION)/kernel/drivers/media/video/
>
> default:
>         $(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) CC=$(CC) modules
>
> install:
>         mkdir -p $(MODULE_INSTALLDIR)
>         rm -f $(MODULE_INSTALLDIR)spca5xx.ko
>         rm -f $(MODULE_INSTALLDIR2)gspca.ko
>         install -c -m 0644 gspca.ko $(MODULE_INSTALLDIR)
>         /sbin/depmod -ae
>
> Should I edit the MODULE_INSTALLDIR     to match the MODULE_INSTALLDIR2?  I would
> have thought that they wouldn't have defined two separate ones if they could
> both go in the same one.

Are you doing the "make install" step as root? While I don't think
that the "make" needs root privileges, creating a directory in the
$(MODULE_INSTALLDIR) and putting anything in it would. It looks as
though the makefile is just removing the obsolete spca5xx.ko and the
old gspca.ko from previous installations and putting in the new one
after making sure there is a directory for it.

Just a thought since I tend to bump my head on that one often.

/Mike