makefile : missing separator

Question

#kernel build system and can use its lanauge
ifneq($(KERNELRELEASE),)
 obj-m:=helloworld.o
else
 KDIR:= /lib/modules/2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686/build
all:
 make -C $(KDIR) M=         


        

Answer 1

Make is complaining that the second line doesn't start with a tab. Your IDE/texteditor may be saving the file using spaces as equivalent to a tab character. Either configure the IDE to use the tab character, or use a simple editor like vim or nano and replace the leading white space on the second line with a tab.