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From: Bernhard Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:01:21 +0200
Subject: [Buildroot] Why linux26-modules before linux26
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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?