Error “nothing to be done for x86_64_def” when trying to configure kernel

I am learning device drivers development from the book by John Madieu. The book tells me to enter in the command "make x86_64_def" to configure the kernel, but when I enter that in to the terminal, an error message shows, saying "nothing to be done for x86_64_def". The "x86_64_def" file is located in linux/arch/x86/config