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

[Richard Purdie]

On Mon, 2012-09-24 at 09:36 +0100, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On 24 September 2012 00:22, Philip Balister <philip at balister.org> wrote:
> >>> 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.
> 
> Sounds like a less than common use-case.  How about setting it to 0 by default?

I know I used to use this file a lot when working on Zaurus kernels.
These days I don't get to play with hardware as much as I'd like so I've
not used it in a while.

It is extremely useful when you need it. I've always argued there are
much more problematic time sinks in the build than this tarball
creation...

Cheers,

Richard