[oe-users] How to add kernel modules to the file system image?

[Panayot Daskalov]

Hi Cliff,

thanks a LOT for your help! It worked :).

I spent two days resolving this and I didn't succeed by myself :(.There 
is a saying here in Bulgaria for this kind of situations which sounds 
like this in English:

"When you are looking for an answer don't ask the old man - ask the 
experienced man"
:)

Thanks again.

Best regards,
Panayot Daskalov.


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> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:08:42 +0300
> From: Panayot Daskalov <panayot.daskalov at mps.bg>
> Subject: [oe-users] How to add kernel modules to the file system
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> Hi all,
>
> I started using OE two months ago so please excuse me if I ask stupid 
> questions. Here is my problem:
>
> I managed to build a small linux distro, with my own distro.conf and 
> machine.conf files. The board for which I'm building is based on Cirrus 
> Logic EP9307 CPU and I created my own kernel recipe which downloads and 
> compiles the kernel provided by Cirrus. Things are working more or less, 
> but I have stuck with this annoying issue with
> adding kernel modules to the final file system image. In my kernel 
> configuration file I've some of the drivers and kernel features, like 
> vfat support, sound drivers etc, set to be compiled as loadable modules. 
> I verified that these modules are actually build because I can find them 
> in the /tmp/work/mykerneldir/linux-2.6.17.14/..., but I cannot make OE 
> to add them to the resulting file system image, to run depmod on them 
> etc. all the things needed to be done normally in this case. I looked at 
> the other kernel recipes, module.bbclass file, tried using 
> kernel-module-*** variable (still I don't understand what this is for), 
> searched a lot (OE user manual, mailing list, google), but still can not 
> find an answer.
>
> Anybody have a hint? :) Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Best regards,
> Panayot Daskalov
>
>   


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