Re: Installing modules on remote target system

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> I have an embedded platform and a cross-compile environment on an intel
> linux machine. Up to now I have been experimenting with compiling and
> loading linux onto my platform with different configurations. At the moment
> I select a module by <*> in menuconfig in order to compile it into the
> kernel. I now want to experiment with loading modules separately. Can
> someone tell me if I have the procedure right:
>
> Select <m> instead of <*> in menuconfig. I then have to "make modules" to
> compile the module. If I was working on the target system I would then
> simply "make modules install". However, I cannot "make modules install"
> with my cross-compiled modules so I guess that I have to copy mymodule.o
> onto my target system and then install it there.
>
> Am I right so far ?

You can determine to where modules is insalled by specifying INSTALL_MOD_PATH 
env variable. 

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Bora SAHIN


> If so, then I just need to know what the procedure is from there i.e. which
> directory do I copy mymodule.o into, and what commands (and options) do I
> use to install it?



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