I'm using 10.04 - 2.6.32-27-generic and I'm trying to figure out my problem to install VirtualBox OSE. To make things simple, I reproduced the problem in few lines: Entered the following in file "dummy.c":


#include 
#include 
#include 

static int __init hello_start(void)
{
	printk(KERN_INFO "Loading dummy module...\n");
	return 0;
}

static void __exit hello_end(void)
{
	printk(KERN_INFO "Exit dummy module.\n");
}

module_init(hello_start);
module_exit(hello_end);

And the following in the file "Makefile":


obj-m = dummy.o
KVERSION = $(shell uname -r)
all:
							make -C /lib/modules/$(KVERSION)/build M=$(PWD) modules
clean:
							make -C /lib/modules/$(KVERSION)/build M=$(PWD) clean

Entered the command:


make

I expected that the build generate the file "dummy.ko" but this is what I got:


make -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-27-generic/build M=/home/marcos/DummyModule modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-27-generic'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-27-generic'
make: *** [all] Error 2
[2]+  Done                    gedit dummy.c

Investigating the directory "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-27-generic" I don't see the expected "Makefile" file! In https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile is a too detailed procedure to build the kernel and I don't see what's wrong with my system configuration. In https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelCustomBuild, a much more simple recipe, the shortcut:


make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` M=`pwd` modules

Results in:


make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-27-generic'
make: *** No rule to make target `modules'.  Stop.
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-27-generic'

So the question is: How to accomplish this in a simple manner? What can be wrong?

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