Darren, Thanks for the extra information. I will take action on it and then throw the URL to the section out here in the list for a look.
Scott >-----Original Message----- >From: Hart, Darren >Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 12:59 PM >To: Rifenbark, Scott M; Trevor Woerner; yocto@yoctoproject.org >Cc: Wold, Saul >Subject: Re: [yocto] Question on building out-of-tree modules on the target > >On 5/29/15, 12:46 PM, "Rifenbark, Scott M" <scott.m.rifenb...@intel.com> >wrote: > >>Ok - so we established that we want it... If I get some clarifications >>in there about the "rarity" of the situation that would allow someone >>to develop on the target and also the benefits of having a verified >>cross-development system if they were to develop on the host, does the >>rest of the section stand as is? Are there any issues with it? > > >Adding something like: > >"While the traditional Yocto Project development model would be to include >kernel modules as part of the normal build process, some developers find it >useful to build modules on the target." > >This section is lagging the 1.8 addition of kernel-devsrc, which was not >applied >uniformly across all included SDK images. There is probably a patch necessary >to do that for a 1.8 point release, and then this document could be made to >reflect that. > >-- >Darren > >> >>Thanks, >>Scott >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Hart, Darren >>>Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 12:40 PM >>>To: Trevor Woerner; Rifenbark, Scott M; yocto@yoctoproject.org >>>Cc: Wold, Saul >>>Subject: Re: [yocto] Question on building out-of-tree modules on the >>>target >>> >>>On 5/29/15, 12:21 PM, "Trevor Woerner" <twoer...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>>Hi Scott, >>>> >>>>On 05/18/15 10:42, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote: >>>>> I have a section in the YP Linux Kernel Development Manual that >>>>>talks about building out-of-tree-modules on the target - >>>> >>>>Interestingly enough, I was just reading through that document the >>>>other day. As soon as I saw a section titled "Building Out-Of-Tree >>>>Modules _On The Target_" I thought to myself "why would anyone be >>>>doing development on the target and not the host?" and skipped to the >>>>next >>>section. >>>> >>>>If it were me, I'd just remove that section altogether. I'm of the >>>>opinion that doing development work on the target is wrong (if for no >>>>other reason than to prove your cross-development setup is working >>>>correctly), but that's just me. >>>> >>>>;-) >>>> >>> >>>I personally agree, but having it documented means I get to answer a >>>lot few emails about people insisting on doing this. The section >>>stays. >>> >>>-- >>>Darren Hart >>>Intel Open Source Technology Center >>> >> >> > > >-- >Darren Hart >Intel Open Source Technology Center > -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto