[yocto] Blacklisting drivers in poky or in yocto project

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 14-04-30 03:40 AM, Sudhangathan B S wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I need to prevent my wifi drivers auto loading during boot time. How do
> we do it in the Poky OS or in the Yocto project..?

Are you actually seeing a confirmed auto load of modules ?

In a standard image kernel modules will not be autoloaded unless
specifically requested via a recipe with : module_autoload_<module name>.

I'm not talking about a usermode helper / on demand load, but
an explicit autoload + dependencies.

Bruce



>
> I tried both the fedora way and debian way, neither worked.! this is as
> given in this website..:
> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/avoid-linux-kernel-module-driver-autoloading.html
>
>
> I'm using gumstix overo hardware..! Poky version 9.0.2, Yocto Project
> 1.4 Reference Distro, 1.4.2 overo.
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