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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 11.02.2013 21:13, schrieb Zoran
Djordjevic:<br>
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<pre wrap="">My question is mostly theoretical, so I will be much obliged if I'll be pointed at some links, although
(as Buildroot user) I am interested in the way I can do things with Buildroot. What I would like to
know is how can I incorporate some new kernel driver (having it's source) into kernel build? First, where
should I put it in kernel source tree, then can I compile it independently, without rebuilding whole kernel
(I imagine modules can do the job)?</pre>
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Hello Zoran,<br>
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there are some topics not already mentioned by Dimitros' and Grant's
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* If you put your driver into the kernel tree it has to be GPL<br>
* Nowadays editing the kernel outside of buildroot and building it
with buildroot is easy thanks to the source override feature<br>
* There are some samples of "out-of-kerneltree" drivers in buildroot
that can be used as a guideline for this, e.g. package/owl-linux/<br>
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Reards<br>
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Stephan<br>
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How can I compile it as a module or to be more precise, do I write driver in some special way to be a module?
(I see that Buildroot offers some driver to be choosed for module compiling or to be part of monolitic kernel).
Regards
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