[OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] kernel.bbclass: Make tree available for cross building external modules

[Bruce Ashfield]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Phil Blundell <philb at gnu.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 10:07 -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
>> We shave too much from kernel sources for making it work
>> for on device external kernel module development that cross
>> development of external modules wont work from same tree
>> anymore. This patch makes a copy of tree which will eventually
>> be staged for building external modules
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> Why does cross development require more of the kernel tree than
> on-device compilation?

>From what we were discussing on IRC yesterday it is the binary tools that
are being stripped (and then regenerated) on the on-target builds. We can't
package them up, since they are in a -dev package.

Cheers,

Bruce

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