Bug 6082

Summary:	do_package fails if no modules are built
Product:	[Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core	Reporter:	Darren Hart <dvhart>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Darren Hart <dvhart>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Undecided	CC:	bruce.ashfield, richard.purdie, tom.zanussi
Version:	1.6
Target Milestone:	1.6 M5
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	Regression (Used to work)
Verified:		Documentation change:	No (bug/feature does not impact docs)

Description Darren Hart 2014-03-31 21:24:10 UTC

Without CONFIG_MODULES=y and some modules to build, the package split will not find /lib/modules/<kernel-version> and errors out. This can happen if the ktype-kmachine match is not found in the linux-yocto meta data, but can also be intentional for certain machines. We need to be able to handle this scenario gracefully.

Comment 1 Richard Purdie 2014-04-07 11:13:59 UTC

I forced "#CONFIG_MODULES is not set" into my defconfig and the kernel builds just fine. I confirmed that no modules were build and /lib/* didn't exist in the output yet it packaged successfully.

For interest I also tried building perf and that also worked.

I think the issue you encountered must have been something else?