[Buildroot] kernel drivers

[Stephan Hoffmann <sho@relinux.de>]

Am 11.02.2013 21:13, schrieb Zoran Djordjevic:
> My question is mostly theoretical, so I will be much obliged if I'll be pointed at some links, although
> (as Buildroot user) I am interested in the way I can do things with Buildroot. What I would like to 
> know is how can I incorporate some new kernel driver (having it's source) into kernel build? First, where 
> should I put it in kernel source tree, then can I compile it independently, without rebuilding whole kernel 
> (I imagine modules can do the job)?
Hello Zoran,

there are some topics not already mentioned by Dimitros' and Grant's
replies:

* If you put your driver into the kernel tree it has to be GPL
* Nowadays editing the kernel outside of buildroot and building it with
buildroot is easy thanks to the source override feature
* There are some samples of "out-of-kerneltree" drivers in buildroot
that can be used as a guideline for this, e.g. package/owl-linux/

Reards

Stephan
> How can I compile it as a module or to be more precise, do I write driver in some special way to be a module? 
> (I see that Buildroot offers some driver to be choosed for module compiling or to be part of monolitic kernel).
>  
> Regards
>
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