[OE-core] [PATCH v2 1/3] module.bbclass: use Module.symvers for dependants

[André Draszik]

Hi,

On Wed, 2016-11-16 at 15:18 -0500, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 08:56:24AM +0100, André Draszik wrote:
> >  
> > @@ -24,6 +34,11 @@ module_do_install() {
> >  	           CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" \
> >  	           O=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR} \
> >  	           ${MODULES_INSTALL_TARGET}
> > +
> > +	install -d -m0755 ${D}${includedir}/${BPN}
> > +	cp -a --no-preserve=ownership ${B}/Module.symvers
> > ${D}${includedir}/${BPN}
> 
> Hmm, why is Module.symvers expected to be in the root of ${B}? This seems
> like 
> a very artificial assumption/requirement!

[...]

> I wonder if this should have been rolled into ${MODULES_INSTALL_TARGET} 
> step...

What about adding a (lazy ?=) variable to be able to override the location
of Module.symvers within ${B}, or alternatively using find to automatically
detect it? I guess there could also be more than one in theory? Do you have
something different in mind?

A.