Seems *.ver is needed in ~/kernel.  Making a sym link 
~/include/linux/modules/ksyms.ver to ~/kernel/. did the trick for.  I have 
not pursued the matter further so it could well be something far more (or 
less) exotic.
Ahh, to run the latest and greatest ... 
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