[meta-freescale] Problems about selecting linux kernel drivers.

[Andrey Zhizhikin]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 2:17 PM Yusuf Altıparmak
<yusufalti1997 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Apologies for the situation, this was my first question to community.

No problem, we've all been there. :) If we continue on the topic -
please also avoid top postings. Example:

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

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> I didn't know the differences between built-ins and modules. I made a little research after your answer and corrected the defconfig file as you explained in last answer. Everything gone well. kernelmodules.tar file is changed with including the desired drivers.

Glad to hear it has solved your issues.

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> Andrey Zhizhikin <andrey.z at gmail.com>, 20 Kas 2019 Çar, 16:02 tarihinde şunu yazdı:
>>
>> Hey Yusuf,
>>
>> Please don't take a conversation out from the list (use Reply-To-All)
>> unless you really have a question that you would like to ask privately
>> from me. By this, other people which might have similar issues might
>> get answers by reading mail threads. If you intend to reply to this
>> email - please include the list address back.
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 11:26 AM Yusuf Altıparmak
>> <yusufalti1997 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello Mr. Andrey,
>> >
>> > My actual aim is to install 'amdgpu' driver to use 'AMD 9171' product with my embedded boards PCIe slot. 'amdgpu' driver is available after kernel version 4.2. At first, my default bsp kernel was 4.1.xxx and I changed it to 4.9 which I found in qoriq github. Then,in <machine>.conf file, I declared my own defconfig to enable amdpu section. I added the screenshot of menuconfig. amdgpu was selected as '*'. I changed it to 'M' and my diff fragment is like this now.
>> > CONFIG_MFD_CORE=m
>> > CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m
>> > CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU=m
>>
>> That is correct and that is what I would expect to be produced.
>>
>> The trick here is (and this is what you've solved later and reported
>> in another reply) that you created your own defconfig, then did
>> menuconfig, and then re-built the kernel. If you would like to
>> configure the kernel with your own defconfig, then you should do the
>> following:
>> 1. bitbake virtual/kernel
>> 2. bitbake virtual/kernel -c menuconfig
>> 3. change configuration fragment, save the config
>> 4. bitbake virtual/kernel -c savedefconfig
>>
>> After the last step, you would be presented with the path to a new
>> defconfig which you can use to overwrite your previous one. In the new
>> defconfig file, all your config items would be as you have them
>> configured, and also some additional items which might be required by
>> your modified config items. This is a preferred way of doing things,
>> as in this case you would not have any missing dependencies during
>> configuration.
>>
>> >
>> > But result is still same. There is still 13 '.ko' files in my modules.tgz. amdgpu or other modules still does not exist in modules.tgz or rootfs.tar.gz
>>
>> I believe you then did full virtual/kernel re-build, which flushed
>> your modified config items and took the default one.
>>
>> >
>> > Andrey Zhizhikin <andrey.z at gmail.com>, 20 Kas 2019 Çar, 12:18 tarihinde şunu yazdı:
>> >>
>> >> Hello Yusuf,
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 9:44 AM Yusuf Altıparmak
>> >> <yusufalti1997 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Hello,
>> >> > First of all, I am using NXP T1042D4RDB-64B board. They have linux sdk which is https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/supporting-information/QORIQ-SDK-2.0-IC-REV0.pdf
>> >> >
>> >> > My problem is,
>> >> > I am trying to add new modules to linux rootfs generated by yocto. But the drivers I selected on "menuconfig" is not compiling as ".ko" file. They only got compiled as ".o" file. Here is the details of problem. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58941714/yocto-generated-linux-modules-do-not-contain-all-the-drivers-selected-in-config.
>> >>
>> >> As you stated on Stackoveflow, some config options are =y and some are
>> >> =m. Those with =m are actually be modules, those with =y are
>> >> built-ins. It is really hard to tell how you configure the kernel, so
>> >> please do:
>> >> # bitbake virtual/kernel -c diffconfig
>> >> and post your fragment here.
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Can you help me about this situation?
>> >> >
>> >> > Regards.
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Andrey.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Andrey.



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Regards,
Andrey.