linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] scripts/make_fit: Provide a way to add built modules

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Message-ID: <CAFLszThNq4Yr=uoEXjt_xsvXZRNBPqmm9wX+SwLJMfeMKenNfQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:09:46 -0700
From: Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>
To: Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst@...omium.org>, 
	Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, 
	J . Neuschäfer <j.ne@...teo.net>, 
	Tom Rini <trini@...sulko.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] scripts/make_fit: Provide a way to add built modules

Hi Nicolas,

On Sat, 8 Nov 2025 at 22:19, Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 06, 2025 at 05:01:55PM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> > Provide arguments to support building a ramdisk from a directory tree of
> > modules. This is a convenient way to try out a kernel with its modules.
> >
> > This makes use of the cpio tool rather than attempting to use a python
> > module or our own code. The list of modules is provided in a file.
>
> The list of modules is provided via command line option/arguments,
> isn't it?

The argument list ends up being too long, so it uses a file. The file
name is provided using an @filename argument.

>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>
> > Suggested-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
> > ---
> >
> > Changes in v4:
> > - Provide the list of modules from the Makefile
> > - Reduce verbosity (don't print every module filename)
>
> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>

Thanks for looking at these.

Regards,
Simon