[yocto] Proper Use of KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD variable

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 2019-02-02 9:59 p.m., Ken Sloat wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have an out of tree kernel module which I want autoloaded at startup
> on my system. Looking at the Yocto project manual, I see that one way
> I can do this is to add the module name to the KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD
> variable within my custom module recipe.
> 
> What I have found is that the module-split class is indeed generating
> the "/etc/modules-load.d/mymodule.conf" file, however this file is not
> actually being installed. To be more precise it is appearing in the
> "package" directory (i.e.
> tmp/work/**/mymodule/package/etc/modules-load.d/mymodule.conf) but not
> within the "image" directory (nor in my final rootfs).
> 
> Is there something I'm missing in the usage of KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD?
> Is the intention for this variable I add extra steps to manually
> install this file in my recipe? FYI I'm using Morty.

Can you provide your recipe ? It would make suggestions easier. For
example, my first question is: Is the module being installed to your
image via IMAGE_INSTALL, or some other similar variable ?

Bruce

> 
> Thanks,
> Ken Sloat
>