[OE-core] [PATCH] kernel.bbclass: Allow modules.tar.gz generation to be inhibited

[Philip Balister]

On 09/23/2012 06:20 PM, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> On Sunday 23 September 2012 22:45:10 Phil Blundell wrote:
>> The modules.tar.gz archive is sometimes of no value and it can take
>> a noticeable time to build if many modules were enabled in the kernel
>> configuration.  The extraneous file also contributes to deploy/ clutter
>> and is a waste of disk space.
>>
>> Allow it to be suppressed by setting KERNEL_DEPLOY_MODULE_TARBALL=0.
>
> I'm wondering, does anyone still find this file useful?

I've used it to put modules in rootfs when there is a new kernel version 
and I do not have easy access to packages feeds. This speeds testing.

Philip