Re: [PATCH] kbuild: add target to build a cpio containing modules

[Simon Glass]

On Sat, 15 Nov 2025 at 07:31, Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add a new package target to build a cpio archive containing the kernel
> modules. This is particularly useful to supplement an existing initramfs
> with the kernel modules so that the root filesystem can be started with
> all needed kernel modules without modifying it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .gitignore               |  5 +++++
>  Makefile                 |  2 +-
>  scripts/Makefile.package | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Simon Glass <sjg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>