[Buildroot] Why linux26-modules before linux26

[Buildroot] Why linux26-modules before linux26

[Brian Beattie]

I have a kernel that does not want to compile the modules before the
rest of the kernel.  I've worked around that, but it does raise a
question that maybe somebody knows the answer to, why are the makefiles
set  to compile the kernel-modules so early compared to the rest of the
kernel?
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[Buildroot] Why linux26-modules before linux26

[Bernhard Fischer]

On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 09:34:36PM -0700, Brian Beattie wrote:
>I have a kernel that does not want to compile the modules before the
>rest of the kernel.  I've worked around that, but it does raise a
>question that maybe somebody knows the answer to, why are the makefiles
>set  to compile the kernel-modules so early compared to the rest of the
>kernel?

This was added by Steven, IIRC. I don't see a reason why the modules are
built before the kernel.

Steven, can you please explain?

[Buildroot] Why linux26-modules before linux26

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Bernhard Fischer wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 09:34:36PM -0700, Brian Beattie wrote:
> >I have a kernel that does not want to compile the modules before
> >the rest of the kernel.  I've worked around that, but it does raise
> >a question that maybe somebody knows the answer to, why are the
> >makefiles set to compile the kernel-modules so early compared to
> >the rest of the kernel?
>
> This was added by Steven, IIRC. I don't see a reason why the modules
> are built before the kernel.
>
> Steven, can you please explain?

why should it make a difference?  shouldn't kernel modules be
buildable independently from the kernel proper?  AFAIK, all that's
required of the kernel tree is to do the equivalent of "make
modules_prepare", no?

rday
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[Buildroot] Why linux26-modules before linux26

[sjhill at realitydiluted.com]

> On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 09:34:36PM -0700, Brian Beattie wrote:
> >I have a kernel that does not want to compile the modules before the
> >rest of the kernel.  I've worked around that, but it does raise a
> >question that maybe somebody knows the answer to, why are the makefiles
> >set  to compile the kernel-modules so early compared to the rest of the
> >kernel?
> 
> This was added by Steven, IIRC. I don't see a reason why the modules are
> built before the kernel.
> 
> Steven, can you please explain?
>
Originally when I added that, the modules were getting built and
installed after the root file system image had been created. Thus,
no modules in the final image. If someone has a better method of
doing this, please feel free to submit a patch.

-Steve