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[1/3] core/pkg-kernel-module: ensure linux supports modules

Message ID 987e39d65475297e850ff62340c7214964bfce25.1440418870.git.yann.morin.1998@free.fr
State Changes Requested
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Yann E. MORIN Aug. 24, 2015, 12:27 p.m. UTC 
When a package wants to build a kernel module, we should ensure that the
kernel does support modules.

This patch does it automatically for packages using the kernel-module
infrastructure.

Packages that do not use it will have to set it manually (to be done in
a followup patch).

Suggested-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Cc: Noé Rubinstein <noe.rubinstein@gmail.com>
Cc: Jan Viktorin <viktorin@rehivetech.com>
Cc: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
---
 linux/linux.mk               | 2 ++
 package/pkg-kernel-module.mk | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index 48f9c74..bbcc54b 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@  LINUX_KCONFIG_EDITORS = menuconfig xconfig gconfig nconfig
 LINUX_KCONFIG_OPTS = $(LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS)
 
 define LINUX_KCONFIG_FIXUP_CMDS
+	$(if $(LINUX_NEEDS_MODULES),
+		$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_MODULES,$(@D)/.config))
 	$(if $(BR2_arm)$(BR2_armeb),
 		$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_AEABI,$(@D)/.config))
 	$(if $(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO),
diff --git a/package/pkg-kernel-module.mk b/package/pkg-kernel-module.mk
index 6fb7704..f6730b8 100644
--- a/package/pkg-kernel-module.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-kernel-module.mk
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ 
 
 define inner-kernel-module
 
+# If the package is enabled, ensure the kernel will support modules
+ifeq ($$(BR2_PACKAGE_$(2)),y)
+LINUX_NEEDS_MODULES = y
+endif
+
 # The kernel must be built first.
 $(2)_DEPENDENCIES += linux