[yocto] Question on building out-of-tree modules on the target

[Nicholas Krause]

On May 29, 2015 3:21:04 PM EDT, Trevor Woerner <twoerner at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi Scott,
>
>On 05/18/15 10:42, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote:
>> I have a section in the YP Linux Kernel Development Manual that talks
>about building out-of-tree-modules on the target - 
>
>Interestingly enough, I was just reading through that document the
>other
>day. As soon as I saw a section titled "Building Out-Of-Tree Modules
>_On
>The Target_" I thought to myself "why would anyone be doing development
>on the target and not the host?" and skipped to the next section.
>
>If it were me, I'd just remove that section altogether. I'm of the
>opinion that doing development work on the target is wrong (if for no
>other reason than to prove your cross-development setup is working
>correctly), but that's just me.
>
>;-)
Your assuming the target isn't powerful enough for compiling. What if it is? Then this can make life easier if the target can do it and avoid cross compilers ,  however it's pretty rare. 
Nick
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