Introduction This work is sponsored by Reliable Embedded Systems . You can find more information about our training/consulting services here . Objectives The goal of this blog post is to point out a well known and documented issue with kernel modules not ending up on the root file system which is likely overseen by people until they stumble over it. Kernel module(s) So you created a brand new kernel module, or you just wanted to include all the kernel modules in the root file system, or just one of them. You reach out to the community mailing list or chat with something like this: I have MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS + = "kernel-modules" in my machine configuration. When I look into the rootfs I see no modules installed in /lib/modules/ $( uname -r ) . I get only a modules tarball in the deploy directory. I also tried MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS + = "kernel-modules" and it still does not work. What am I doing wrong? Check the Mega Manual If things d
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