[yocto] installation of kernel modules

[Daniel.]

Take a look at deploy folder if your packages (rpm in my case) are
being created. I have faced problems where files go to -dev.rpm
packages and the yocto silently refuses to create empty .rpm package.

Regards,

2016-06-21 5:33 GMT-03:00  <S.Jaritz at esa-grimma.de>:
> Hej
>
> I have a problem when running do_rootfs() with some own kernel drivers
> included.
>
> My kernel recipe builds some easy GPIO drivers.
>
> # They come as one package:
> myKernelModules:
>         -> a.ko
>         -> b.ko
>         -> c.ko
>
> # I build a recipe which creates:
> myKernelModules.bb
>         -> packages-split/myKernelModules
>         -> packages-split/kernel-module-a
>         -> packages-split/kernel-module-b
>         -> packages-split/kernel-module-c
>         -> packages-split/myKernelModules-.....
>
> # I try to pack/install my Module by adding to layer.conf:
>
> IMAGE_INSTALL_append=" myKernelModules"
>
> When I try to build the rootfs I got that error:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  myKernelModules : Depends: kernel-module-a but it is not installable
>                Depends: kernel-module-b but it is not installable
>                Depends: kernel-module-c but it is not installable
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
> Any idea how to fix this problem?
>
> Regards!
>
> Stefan Jaritz
>
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