Re: CONFIG_MODULE_SIG breaks out-of-tree modules in modpost.

[David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>]

Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:

> /bin/sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
> /bin/sh: -c: line 0: `set -e;  ; echo 'cmd_/usr/src/valdis/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51/kernel/nvidia.ko := ' > /usr/src/valdis/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51/kernel/.nvidia.ko.cmd'

I would guess that this is from Kbuild.include's 'if_changed' macro:

	if_changed = $(if $(strip $(any-prereq) $(arg-check)),       \
		@set -e;                                             \
		$(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1));                             \
		echo 'cmd_$@ := $(make-cmd)' > $(dot-target).cmd)

unless nvidia.ko has its own build rules.

It looks like either $(call if_changed) got invoked with no arguments or
$(cmd_$(1)) didn't exist.

Could you find out what $(1) was by adding a bit:

	if_changed = $(if $(strip $(any-prereq) $(arg-check)),       \
		$(info XXXX $(1))				     \
		@set -e;                                             \
		$(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1));                             \
		echo 'cmd_$@ := $(make-cmd)' > $(dot-target).cmd)

You should see a line looking something like:

	XXX link_o_target

emitted by make just before it the error occurs.

David