[SOLVED] /lib/modules/<version>/build/ not existent

Issue

I am trying to write a very basic "Hello World" device driver example which is taught in any device driver implementation introductory course. My makefile is as follows:

obj-m := hello.o

KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/bulid

PWD := $(shell pwd)

all:
 make -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules

When I am using the make command, it is showing that /lib/modules/version_no/build/ is not existent. So I entered the directory /lib/modules/version_no and found that there is one directory build but if I use the ls command, it is printed in red colour, which means that the directory is deprecated. It contains one link to ../../../usr/src/version_no, but to my surprise, the version number in that link and the name of the actual folder in /usr/src/ are not same. Can anyone point out what is the issue? I am using centos 6.1.

Solution

This is because you have not yet downloaded the linux headers of your particular kernel version.

Assuming your kernel version is 4.15.0-32-generic, install the required header files using sudo apt install linux-headers-4.15.0-32-generic

In your case you can get it by yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers

Answered By - yashC

Answer Checked By - Pedro (WPSolving Volunteer)