From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id 01883E00A53; Fri, 29 May 2015 12:40:17 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on yocto-www.yoctoproject.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -5.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, high * trust * [134.134.136.65 listed in list.dnswl.org] * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6CE8E00A1E for ; Fri, 29 May 2015 12:40:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 29 May 2015 12:40:10 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.13,519,1427785200"; d="scan'208";a="717707958" Received: from orsmsx110.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.22.240.8]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 29 May 2015 12:40:09 -0700 Received: from fmsmsx116.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.116.20) by ORSMSX110.amr.corp.intel.com (10.22.240.8) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.224.2; Fri, 29 May 2015 12:40:09 -0700 Received: from fmsmsx118.amr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.1.234]) by fmsmsx116.amr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.2.67]) with mapi id 14.03.0224.002; Fri, 29 May 2015 12:40:05 -0700 From: "Hart, Darren" To: Trevor Woerner , "Rifenbark, Scott M" , "yocto@yoctoproject.org" Thread-Topic: [yocto] Question on building out-of-tree modules on the target Thread-Index: AdCReOu3pXj0Q3tfSEaVNG//rlsQSQJBlt8A//+P5QA= Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 19:40:05 +0000 Message-ID: References: <41DEA4B02DBDEF40A0F3B6D0DDB1237988EF8590@ORSMSX101.amr.corp.intel.com> <5568BC20.7080703@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5568BC20.7080703@gmail.com> Accept-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.254.116.179] MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: "Wold, Saul" Subject: Re: Question on building out-of-tree modules on the target X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto Project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 19:40:18 -0000 Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 5/29/15, 12:21 PM, "Trevor Woerner" wrote: >Hi Scott, > >On 05/18/15 10:42, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote: >> I have a section in the YP Linux Kernel Development Manual that talks >>about building out-of-tree-modules on the target - > >Interestingly enough, I was just reading through that document the other >day. As soon as I saw a section titled "Building Out-Of-Tree Modules _On >The Target_" I thought to myself "why would anyone be doing development >on the target and not the host?" and skipped to the next section. > >If it were me, I'd just remove that section altogether. I'm of the >opinion that doing development work on the target is wrong (if for no >other reason than to prove your cross-development setup is working >correctly), but that's just me. > >;-) > I personally agree, but having it documented means I get to answer a lot few emails about people insisting on doing this. The section stays. --=20 Darren Hart Intel Open Source Technology Center