Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 08:59:26 +0100 From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where should I put ar71xx_* modules? Message-ID: <09C21BD6-46E1-4593-9E3C-183CF229A613@lassitu.de> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmom08uFV%2BNMryjZon_xnqo95MAK8r2=0s_JqRet7EMdn4g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ-Vmom08uFV%2BNMryjZon_xnqo95MAK8r2=0s_JqRet7EMdn4g@mail.gmail.com>
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Am 09.01.2012 um 00:42 schrieb Adrian Chadd: > Hi, >=20 > In order to fit an lzma'd kernel in 892 kilobytes of flash (that's 892 > * 1024 bytes), I've needed to break out a few things into modules. >=20 > I'd like to commit a couple of modules - for example, > ar71xx_ehci/ar71xx_ohci for USB stuff - but I don't want them built > for anything other than ar71xx builds. Thus I don't see the reason for > putting them in sys/modules/Makefile. >=20 > They build fine if they're included in MODULES_OVERRIDE in the > relevant kernel config file. >=20 > So is it ok to just commit some modules in sys/modules/ which aren't > in the Makefile, and instead include them in the relevant SoC kernel > configs so they're built? Or is there some other tradition for doing > this? Why would it hurt to have them connected to the standard build? Doe the = tinderboxes build modules? Stefan --=20 Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 151 14070811
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