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([2401:4900:1c44:a779:7fef:8c20:c62d:6de3]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d9443c01a7336-23506d219afsm120373035ad.225.2025.06.05.06.34.34 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:34:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Dixit Parmar To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Cc: Dixit Parmar Subject: [PATCH 1/1] ref-manual: document KERNEL_SPLIT_MODULES variable Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 19:04:29 +0530 Message-ID: <20250605133429.367629-1-dixitparmar19@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:34:40 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/218019 This variable controls the kernel module spliting. Signed-off-by: Dixit Parmar --- documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index 9768d8f5b..592401eb6 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -5359,6 +5359,15 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. the :term:`KERNEL_PATH` variable. Both variables are common variables used by external Makefiles to point to the kernel source directory. + :term:`KERNEL_SPLIT_MODULES` + Allow opt-out of split kernel modules. For some use cases, a monolithic + kernel-modules package containing all modules built from the kernel + sources may be preferred. For one, download time is shorter and + installation time is faster. + Default set to 1, one subpackage per module. Setting it 0 will generate + a monolithic kernel-modules package containing all modules built from + the source. + :term:`KERNEL_SRC` The location of the kernel sources. This variable is set to the value of the :term:`STAGING_KERNEL_DIR` within the :ref:`ref-classes-module`