Sorry, my description was inaccurate.
In 'make menuconfig' the sign is '*' when pressing 'Y' and in the
resulting config file it is '=Y'.

@Bernhard:
So this adds kernel modules to the squashfs image and not to the kernel
image, and therefore I only benefitted from the better squashfs compression?
Is this what you mean?

Maddes

On 09.05.2010 18:19, Bernhard Loos wrote:
> Actually, Y in menuconfig doesn't add the modules into the kernel,
> they will still be kernel modules. It only places the modules directly
> in the image and is in no way different from Y for programs. M creates
> packages for the modules/program without placing it in the image.
> If you want to compile a module into the kernel, you have to choose Y
> in kernel_menuconfig.
> 
>           Bernhard
> 
> 2010/5/9  <edgar.sol...@web.de>:
>> That's how it works. Y adds kernel modules to the kernel, and programs
>> to the image.
>>
>> ..ede
>>
>> On 09.05.2010 18:10, Matthias Buecher / Germany wrote:
>>> In 'make menuconfig' I included them with 'Y' instead of 'M'.
>>> According to my (newbie) knowledge that adds them to the kernel image.
>>> Can somebody please confirm my understanding? Or at least prove me wrong? :D
>>>
>>> Maddes
>>>
>>> On 09.05.2010 17:56, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>>> Put all kmods (2) I needed into the kernel.
>>>> How?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         Stefan
>>>>

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