Depmod fails here since we're still in DESTDIR and the actual target path may not exist... diff -ruN linux-gpib-kernel-4.3.4.orig/Makefile linux-gpib-kernel-4.3.4/Makefile --- linux-gpib-kernel-4.3.4.orig/Makefile 2020-12-29 10:42:34.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-gpib-kernel-4.3.4/Makefile 2022-08-02 12:21:38.097344102 +0200 @@ -20,13 +20,9 @@ M="$(GPIB_SRCDIR)/drivers/gpib" \ GPIB_TOP_DIR=$(GPIB_SRCDIR) -#We run depmod explicitly because the depmod.sh script run -#by modules_install fails on Debian due to it failing to find -#the System.map file. install: $(MAKE) -C $(LINUX_SRCDIR) V=$(VERBOSE) modules_install\ M="$(GPIB_SRCDIR)/drivers/gpib" \ GPIB_TOP_DIR=$(GPIB_SRCDIR) \ INSTALL_MOD_DIR=gpib - /sbin/depmod -A