Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] kernel: Modify kernel modules installation path.

[avalluri]

On 05.01.2017 18:29, Burton, Ross wrote:


On 4 January 2017 at 11:58, Amarnath Valluri 
> wrote:


Use ${base_libdir}/modules inplace of /lib/modules for kernel
modules installation path.


Does the kernel actually respect ${base_libdir}?
Yes Ross, Kernel allows to alter modules, firmware installation path via 
MODLIB and INSTALL_FW_PATH environment variables.


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Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] kernel: Modify kernel modules installation path.

[Burton, Ross]

On 4 January 2017 at 11:58, Amarnath Valluri 
wrote:

> Use ${base_libdir}/modules inplace of /lib/modules for kernel modules
> installation path.
>

Does the kernel actually respect ${base_libdir}?

Ross
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[OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] kernel: Modify kernel modules installation path.

[Amarnath Valluri]

Use ${base_libdir}/modules inplace of /lib/modules for kernel modules 
installation path.

Signed-off-by: Amarnath Valluri 
---
 meta/classes/kernel-module-split.bbclass |  2 +-
 meta/classes/kernel.bbclass  | 12 ++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-module-split.bbclass 
b/meta/classes/kernel-module-split.bbclass
index efe1b42..0e4e110 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-module-split.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-module-split.bbclass
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ python split_kernel_module_packages () {
 postinst = d.getVar('pkg_postinst_modules')
 postrm = d.getVar('pkg_postrm_modules')
 
-modules = do_split_packages(d, root='/lib/modules', 
file_regex=module_regex, output_pattern=module_pattern, description='%s kernel 
module', postinst=postinst, postrm=postrm, recursive=True, hook=frob_metadata, 
extra_depends='kernel-%s' % (d.getVar("KERNEL_VERSION")))
+modules = do_split_packages(d, root='${base_libdir}/modules', 
file_regex=module_regex, output_pattern=module_pattern, description='%s kernel 
module', postinst=postinst, postrm=postrm, recursive=True, hook=frob_metadata, 
extra_depends='kernel-%s' % (d.getVar("KERNEL_VERSION")))
 if modules:
 metapkg = d.getVar('KERNEL_MODULES_META_PACKAGE')
 d.appendVar('RDEPENDS_' + metapkg, ' '+' '.join(modules))
diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 3630042..74517e8 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -296,11 +296,11 @@ kernel_do_install() {
#
unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS MACHINE
if (grep -q -i -e '^CONFIG_MODULES=y$' .config); then
-   oe_runmake DEPMOD=echo INSTALL_MOD_PATH="${D}" modules_install
-   rm "${D}/lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/build"
-   rm "${D}/lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/source"
+   oe_runmake DEPMOD=echo 
MODLIB=${D}${base_libdir}/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION} 
INSTALL_FW_PATH=${D}${base_libdir}/firmware modules_install
+   rm "${D}${base_libdir}/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/build"
+   rm "${D}${base_libdir}/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/source"
# If the kernel/ directory is empty remove it to prevent QA 
issues
-   rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty 
"${D}/lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/kernel"
+   rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty 
"${D}${base_libdir}/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/kernel"
else
bbnote "no modules to install"
fi
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_compile do_install do_configure
 # kernel-image becomes kernel-image-${KERNEL_VERSION}
 PACKAGES = "kernel kernel-base kernel-vmlinux kernel-image kernel-dev 
kernel-modules"
 FILES_${PN} = ""
-FILES_kernel-base = "/lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/modules.order 
/lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/modules.builtin"
+FILES_kernel-base = "${base_libdir}/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/modules.order 
${base_libdir}/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/modules.builtin"
 FILES_kernel-image = ""
 FILES_kernel-dev = "/boot/System.map* /boot/Module.symvers* /boot/config* 
${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} /lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/build"
 FILES_kernel-vmlinux = "/boot/vmlinux-${KERNEL_VERSION_NAME}"
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ pkg_postinst_kernel-base () {
 PACKAGESPLITFUNCS_prepend = "split_kernel_packages "
 
 python split_kernel_packages () {
-do_split_packages(d, root='/lib/firmware', 
file_regex='^(.*)\.(bin|fw|cis|csp|dsp)$', output_pattern='kernel-firmware-%s', 
description='Firmware for %s', recursive=True, extra_depends='')
+do_split_packages(d, root='${base_libdir}/firmware', 
file_regex='^(.*)\.(bin|fw|cis|csp|dsp)$', output_pattern='kernel-firmware-%s', 
description='Firmware for %s', recursive=True, extra_depends='')
 }
 
 # Many scripts want to look in arch/$arch/boot for the bootable
-- 
2.7.4

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