--- drivers/Makefile.am.original	2007-02-06 16:31:24.000000000 +0900
+++ drivers/Makefile.am	2007-02-06 16:40:16.000000000 +0900
@@ -29,18 +29,16 @@
 	$(MAKE) -C $(LINUX_SRCDIR) V=1 modules_install\
 		CC="$(LINUX_CC) -I@abs_top_srcdir@ -I@abs_top_srcdir@/driver/include -I@abs_top_srcdir@/include" \
 		SUBDIRS="$(GPIB_ABS_MODULE_SUBDIR)" INSTALL_MOD_DIR="gpib"
-	$(DEPMOD) -ae
 
 /dev/gpib0:
-	groupadd gpib || echo "group gpib exists"
 	for i in $(shell seq 0 15); \
 	do \
 		mknod --mode u=rw,g=rw,o= /dev/gpib$${i} c $(IBMAJOR) $${i} || exit 1; \
 		chown root:gpib /dev/gpib$${i}; \
 	done
 
-.PHONY : device-file-check
-device-file-check: /dev/gpib0
+.PHONY : device-file-check-emerge
+device-file-check-emerge: /dev/gpib0
 	@if [ ! -c /dev/gpib0 ]; then \
 		if [ -a /dev/gpib0 ]; then \
 			echo "A file or directory called /dev/gpib0 exists but it is not" \
@@ -55,6 +53,10 @@
 		exit 1; \
 	fi
 
+.PHONY : device-file-check
+device-file-check:
+
+
 #should move this to util/templates Makefile.am when it exists
 /etc/gpib.conf:
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) -D $(top_srcdir)/util/templates/gpib.conf /etc/gpib.conf