[yocto] All kernel modules being built and shipped in images/modules-*.tgz

[Elvis Dowson]

Hi,
     I just noticed that with the recent poky master updates, my images/modules-3.3.1-r00-virtex5.tgz file has grown from 33.1 MB to 668.5MB. When I looked in the package, I saw that the kernel/drivers folder inside that package was nearly 1.5GB uncompressed!!

My kenel defconfig was tuned so that I only used a bare minimum of kernel modules, and nearly all except for 2 groups (one related to filesystem and the other for networking) was built as a module. The rest were all built into the kernel.

Isn't this a regression or an error? 

Also my build time has gone up from 40 minutes to 67 minutes, probably as a result of the increased number of kernel modules being built and shipped.

Best regards,

Elvis Dowson