From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bogusemail98230@yahoo.com (john bougs) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 08:13:35 -0700 Subject: out-of-tree configuration In-Reply-To: References: <1403100129.65690.YahooMailNeo@web160703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1403104415.31348.YahooMailNeo@web160702.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 7:31 AM, Anders Darander wrote: ? Well, from your first email, I got the impression that you tried to move an in-tree module out of the kernel tree. What 3rd party module is it that you're building, that is delivered to you in a state to only allow in-tree builds? That's a pretty uncommon situation. Are the config options you need to be set something that only this module knows about, or are they something the rest of the kernel knows about? > Without? trying to sound confrontational, why not build it out of tree? Well, there's nothing wrong to build a true 3rd party module out-of-tree. It might very well be your only choice due to a number of factors. Though, if you can get it upstreamed, you'll win in the long term. Cheers, Anders I'm playing with a module off of github -? fbtft.?? All the config is local to the module.? Thanks ? Well, from your first email, I got the impression that you tried to move an in-tree module out of the kernel tree. What 3rd party module is it that you're building, that is delivered to you in a state to only allow in-tree builds? That's a pretty uncommon situation. Are the config options you need to be set something that only this module knows about, or are they something the rest of the kernel knows about? > Without? trying to sound confrontational, why not build it out of tree? Well, there's nothing wrong to build a true 3rd party module out-of-tree. It might very well be your only choice due to a number of factors. Though, if you can get it upstreamed, you'll win in the long term. Cheers, Anders -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/attachments/20140618/558b04ca/attachment-0001.html