root in ~/driver λ strace -e open make
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/librt.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
open(".", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("Makefile", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE)  = 3
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
make ARCH= CROSS_COMPILE= -C  M=/root/driver  modules
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
make: *** M=/root/driver: No such file or directory.  Stop.
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 5
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
make: *** [modules] Error 2