On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 4:08 AM Kai <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2/4/26 23:53, Richard Purdie wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2026-02-04 at 09:10 -0500, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 9:05 AM Richard 
> Purdie<[email protected]> 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2026-02-04 at 09:02 -0500, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 8:58 AM Richard 
> Purdie<[email protected]> 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2026-02-04 at 08:46 -0500, Bruce Ashfield vialists.openembedded.org 
> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 9:09 PM Kai Kang 
> vialists.openembedded.org<[email protected]> 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: Kai Kang <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
>
> Check whether kernel config CONFIG_MODULES set or not
> before do_compile
> and do_install in module.bbclass. If not set, it cannot
> build and
> install external modules.
>
>
> This isn't the place to do that check.
>
> If modules are disabled get modules_do_compile out of the
> tasks.
>
> Does it make sense to have something including module.bbclass
> which
> doesn't have CONFIG_MODULES set?
>
> Yes, that's what I'm trying to say.
>
> Don't even include it if you can't build modules. That puts
> the conditional in a single place, and keeps the code cleaner
> in the class.
>
> I think we're talking cross purposes a bit.
>
> The issue is that if you ever reach do_compile in something using
> module.bbclass which does not have CONFIG_MODULES set, that is a
> problem and a hard error.
>
> So I'd argue that:
>
> * we only need the check in do_compile
> * it should be a fatal exit hard error, not a warning
>
> which means the patch needs tweaking but not as you're suggesting.
>
>
>
> I don't have a strong opinion, so won't object.
>
> I just don't think adding any conditionals for module support in
> moduldes.bbclass makes sense. So one versus two checks
> is a wash for me.
>
> I agree the warn conditional isn't quite right. I think it should be:
>
> if [ CONFIG_MODULES not set in config ];
>     bberror Broken config, CONFIG_MODULES not set
>     exit 1
> fi
>
> so it is basically a sanity test that the config is valid.
>
> I'm a bit worried about what I'm missing though :/
>
> The original problem is kernel config_modules is disabled, then external
> modules such as lttng-modules can't be built.
>
> Recipe lttng-tools RRECOMMENDS on lttng-modules. If install lttng-tools
> into image, it fails to build lttng-modules.
>
> Kernel config CONFIG_MODULES couldn't be checked whether enabled or
> disabled after bitbake parse. Then there is no chance to remove
> lttng-module from the dependencies. That why I check the config during the
> do_compile and do_install with bbnote and generate empty rpm package.
>

That's exactly why we had a patch to the lttng source code.

Someone updated that patch recently, so it has probably caused a regression.

Bruce



> Regards,
> Kai
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Kai Kang
> Wind River Linux
>
>

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