[Buildroot] Cross compiling kernel module for the target

Łukasz Przeniosło bremenpl at gmail.com
Thu Dec 20 09:34:42 UTC 2018


Thomas, I do build my kernel using buildroot- it gives me the cross
compiling tools. My problem is, that I think that the buildroot doesnt
provide the sources for me in the output.

czw., 20 gru 2018 o 10:21 Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
napisał(a):

> Hello,
>
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 10:14:41 +0100, Łukasz Przeniosło wrote:
> > Thomas, sorry for the Cc, its there now.
> > No, my module is supposed to be a completely separate thing for now. I
> > intend to build it using cross compilation tools provided by build root
> > after the image is loaded to the target. I want to load the module using
> > insmod. Then after the module is stable, I could add it to the buildroot
> > config.
>
> You cannot build a kernel module out of nowhere, it has to be compiled
> against a kernel source tree with configuration, or a kernel headers
> tree with configuration. In the context of Buildroot, only the former
> exists, so if you don't build your Linux kernel with Buildroot, you
> cannot build a kernel module with Buildroot.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Thomas
> --
> Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> https://bootlin.com
>
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