title: Is it meaningful to execute "make modules_install" without executing "make modules"?
body: <p>From <a href="http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelBuild" rel="noreferrer">KernelBuild</a> tutorial from <a href="http://kernelnewbies.org" rel="noreferrer">http://kernelnewbies.org</a>, I don't see "<code>make modules</code>" command. This article only executes "<code>make</code>" command before "<code>sudo make modules_install install</code>".  </p>
  
  <p>But from <code>make help</code> output:  </p>
  
  <pre><code>  all             - Build all targets marked with [*]
  * vmlinux         - Build the bare kernel
  * modules         - Build all modules
    modules_install - Install all modules to INSTALL_MOD_PATH (default: /)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It seems that without "<code>make modules</code>" command, there is no need to execute "<code>make modules_install</code>" command. Is it meaningful to execute "<code>make modules_install</code>" without executing "<code>make modules</code>"?</p>