[meta-freescale] Upgrading the kernel without having to install 600 kernel-modules

[Tarek El-Sherbiny]

Thanks Otavio, I managed to config the kernel and bring down the number
to 45 !
Hope I didn't remove any essential module ;)


On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Otavio Salvador
<otavio at ossystems.com.br>wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Tarek El-Sherbiny
> <tarek.elsherbiny at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Every time I compile a new kernel and try to upgrade my image using smart
> > upgrade there are 600  kernel-modules that gets upgraded although I'm not
> > using any of these modules. This takes very long time. The reason for
> this
> > is the  kernel-modules package which includes all kernel modules
> available.
> > The kernel-modules package is included by imx-base.inc and every kernel
> > update this package gets updated.
> >
> > How do I configure kernel-modules package to include only the modules I
> > need?
>
> You need to change the kernel configuration to remove the unused ones.
>
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