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make -C kernel_build_dir M=`pwd` ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=<...> modules

I am trying to run this command but not sure where I could find "kernel_build_dir" and what is "<...>" ??

What do I enter for <...>?

Thanks in advance..

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I'm not sure what are you trying to do with that command. I'm not sure if it is a custom makefile, or the one you get with the linux sources,or something more exotic; but it looks like you are compiling a Linux kernel. Then, kernel_build_dir refers to the directory where your linux sources are stored.

From the man of make (man is your best ally in linux administration. Type man command to read a brief on what does command do):

-C dir, --directory=dir

Change to directory dir before reading the makefiles or doing anything else. If multiple -C options are specified, each is interpreted relative to the previous one: -C / -C etc is equivalent to -C /etc. This is typically used with recursive invocations of make.

I'm sorry, but i don't know what to enter for "<...>". It looks like some kind of flag you are passing to your build, but i cant tell you anything else if i don't know what do you want to accomplish... Are you getting that command from a tutorial or something? it would help a link.

Anyways, in kernel compilation matters, I found gentoo distro documentation very useful and instructive, especially this part.