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From: Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] allow module-init-tools on uClinux
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 22:34:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081203213438.GH8563@mx.loc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0812031618170.14328@xanadu.home>

On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 04:21:11PM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
>On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Bernhard Reutner-Fischer wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 03:47:47PM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
>> >Matching *-*-linux* is too restrictive.
>> 
>> yes, but
>> 1) you would be better off to set BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_HIDE_OTHERS=y in
>> your toplevel .config, i.e. use the busybox module tools.
>
>That won't help me at all for the _cross_ installation of kernel 
>modules.

Sure it would. Busybox doesn't have that configuration issue, works fine
on every arch and is even smaller. You don't _need_ module-init-tools in
the first place, if i'm not mistaken.
>
>> 2) The current version is 3.5
>> 3) Please fix this upstream, iff it is still required for 3.5
>
>Eventually.  In the mean time this allows for the kernel to build and 
>its modules to be installed.

Not sure if i understand you here. Why do you need a cross module-init-tools
to build or install a kernel? Just curious..

  reply	other threads:[~2008-12-03 21:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-03 20:47 [Buildroot] [PATCH] allow module-init-tools on uClinux Nicolas Pitre
2008-12-03 21:07 ` Bernhard Reutner-Fischer
2008-12-03 21:21   ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-12-03 21:34     ` Bernhard Reutner-Fischer [this message]
2008-12-04  0:00       ` Nicolas Pitre

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