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

[Hart, Darren]

On 5/29/15, 12:21 PM, "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.
>
>;-)
>

I personally agree, but having it documented means I get to answer a lot
few emails about people insisting on doing this. The section stays.

-- 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center