4 files changed, 31 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-module-split.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-module-split.bbclass
index 9a95b72744..2d43b512df 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-module-split.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-module-split.bbclass
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ python split_kernel_module_packages () {
         m = kerverrexp.match(kernelver)
         if m:
             kernelver_stripped = m.group(1)
-        staging_kernel_dir = d.getVar("STAGING_KERNEL_DIR", True)
+        staging_kernel_dir = d.getVar("STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR", True)
         system_map_file = "%s/boot/System.map-%s" % (dvar, kernelver)
         if not os.path.exists(system_map_file):
             system_map_file = "%s/System.map-%s" % (staging_kernel_dir, kernelver)
diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 78c8c7cf00..a60de8cc9e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -230,28 +230,33 @@ kernel_do_install() {
         [ -e Module.symvers ] && install -m 0644 Module.symvers ${D}/boot/Module.symvers-${KERNEL_VERSION}
         install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/modules-load.d
         install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/modprobe.d
+}
+do_install[prefuncs] += "package_get_auto_pr"
 
-        #
-        # Support for external module building - create a minimal copy of the
-        # kernel source tree.
-        #
-        kerneldir=${D}${KERNEL_SRC_PATH}
+addtask shared_workdir after do_compile before do_install
+
+do_shared_workdir () {
+        cd ${B}
+
+        kerneldir=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}
         install -d $kerneldir
-        mkdir -p ${D}/lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}
-        ln -sf ${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} "${D}/lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/build"
 
         #
         # Store the kernel version in sysroots for module-base.bbclass
         #
 
         echo "${KERNEL_VERSION}" > $kerneldir/kernel-abiversion
-        
+
         # Copy files required for module builds
         cp System.map $kerneldir/System.map-${KERNEL_VERSION}
         cp Module.symvers $kerneldir/
         cp .config $kerneldir/
         mkdir -p $kerneldir/include/config
         cp include/config/kernel.release $kerneldir/include/config/kernel.release
+
+        # We can also copy over all the generated files and avoid special cases
+        # like version.h, but we've opted to keep this small until file creep starts
+        # to happen
         if [ -e include/linux/version.h ]; then
                 mkdir -p $kerneldir/include/linux
                 cp include/linux/version.h $kerneldir/include/linux/version.h
@@ -273,10 +278,11 @@ kernel_do_install() {
                 cp -fR arch/${ARCH}/include/generated/* $kerneldir/arch/${ARCH}/include/generated/
         fi
 }
-do_install[prefuncs] += "package_get_auto_pr"
 
-python sysroot_stage_all () {
-    oe.path.copyhardlinktree(d.expand("${D}${KERNEL_SRC_PATH}"), d.expand("${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${KERNEL_SRC_PATH}"))
+# We have an empty sysroot_stage_all to keep the default routine from
+# package.bbclass from expanding the kernel source into the sysroot and
+# colliding with linux-firmware files
+sysroot_stage_all () {
 }
 
 KERNEL_CONFIG_COMMAND ?= "oe_runmake_call -C ${S} O=${B} oldnoconfig || yes '' | oe_runmake -C ${S} O=${B} oldconfig"
@@ -467,7 +473,7 @@ kernel_do_deploy() {
 do_deploy[dirs] = "${DEPLOYDIR} ${B}"
 do_deploy[prefuncs] += "package_get_auto_pr"
 
-addtask deploy before do_build after do_install
+addtask deploy after do_populate_sysroot
 
 EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_deploy
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/module-base.bbclass b/meta/classes/module-base.bbclass
index 9537ba9f43..3eb2e9226e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/module-base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/module-base.bbclass
@@ -3,16 +3,24 @@ inherit kernel-arch
 export OS = "${TARGET_OS}"
 export CROSS_COMPILE = "${TARGET_PREFIX}"
 
-export KERNEL_VERSION = "${@base_read_file('${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}/kernel-abiversion')}"
+# This points to the build artefacts from the main kernel build
+# such as .config and System.map
+# Confusingly it is not the module build output (which is ${B}) but
+# we didn't pick the name.
+export KBUILD_OUTPUT = "${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}"
+
+export KERNEL_VERSION = "${@base_read_file('${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}/kernel-abiversion')}"
 KERNEL_OBJECT_SUFFIX = ".ko"
 
 # kernel modules are generally machine specific
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
 
+do_configure[depends] += "virtual/kernel:do_shared_workdir"
+
 # Function to ensure the kernel scripts are created. Expected to
 # be called before do_compile. See module.bbclass for an exmaple.
 do_make_scripts() {
         unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS 
         make CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" AR="${KERNEL_AR}" \
-                   -C ${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR} scripts
+                   -C ${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR} O=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR} scripts
 }
diff --git a/meta/classes/module.bbclass b/meta/classes/module.bbclass
index 5cb8623a66..a03cc74de4 100644
--- a/meta/classes/module.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/module.bbclass
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module_do_compile() {
                    KERNEL_VERSION=${KERNEL_VERSION}    \
                    CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" \
                    AR="${KERNEL_AR}" \
+                   O=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR} \
                    ${MAKE_TARGETS}
 }
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ module_do_install() {
         unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS
         oe_runmake DEPMOD=echo INSTALL_MOD_PATH="${D}" \
                    CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" \
+                   O=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR} \
                    modules_install
 }