Where should I put ar71xx_* modules?

[Stefan Bethke]

Am 09.01.2012 um 00:42 schrieb Adrian Chadd:

> Hi,
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> They build fine if they're included in MODULES_OVERRIDE in the
> relevant kernel config file.
> 
> 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

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