Linux: modpost does not build anything

Question

I am having problems getting any kernel modules to build on my machine. Whenever I build a module, modpost always says there are zero modules:

MODPOST 0 modu         


        

Answer 1

I can only guess your kernel build environment is botched, because it passes both the theoretical check (the look of the developer) as well as the practical test:

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.36-rc8-32-desktop/build M=/dev/shm modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.36-rc8-32-obj/x86_64/desktop'
make -C ../../../linux-2.6.36-rc8-32 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.36-rc8-32-obj/x86_64/desktop/. modules
  CC [M]  /dev/shm/hello.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /dev/shm/hello.mod.o
  LD [M]  /dev/shm/hello.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.36-rc8-32-obj/x86_64/desktop'