New board, problem changing the kernel config

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I’m working on supporting a new SoM and i can’t figure out why my kernel module changes keep getting overriden. Can anyone take a quick peek and see if they notice something obvious? https://github.com/annymsMthd/resin-var-som-mx6/blob/feature/initial-setup/layers/meta-resin-var-som-mx6/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-variscite_%25.bbappend
It boots on the board just fine but I’m having trouble getting the bluetooth and wifi module working properly and I think i’ve tracked it down to the kernel modules not being loaded

I see these warnings during the build and when I look at the config in the running os I don’t see the changes

WARNING: linux-variscite-4.1.15-r0 do_kernel_resin_checkconfig: Checking for CONFIG_CRYPTO_LZO=m in the kernel configs failed for zram.
WARNING: linux-variscite-4.1.15-r0 do_kernel_resin_checkconfig: Checking for CONFIG_WL18XX=y in the kernel configs failed for fixes.
WARNING: linux-variscite-4.1.15-r0 do_kernel_resin_checkconfig: Checking for CONFIG_CRYPTO_LZO=m in the kernel configs failed for fixes.

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It wanted CONFIG_WL_TI for the ti wireless chips. I now know a whole lot more about debugging bitbake steps though. I isolated this to the do_kernel_resin_reconfigure step and noticed the .config.old had the values but the .config did not. Looking at the .config it has CONFIG_WL_TI as not configured so I changed it and bingo.

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Hi.
You can also debug it like this:

$ source layers/poky/oe-init-build-env

And then:

$ MACHINE=imx6ul-var-dart bitbake virtual/kernel -c menuconfig

This last command will present a curses interface to the kernel configuration so you can search for a particular config and see that dependencies it needs

About the wifi, did that change make it work for you?

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I’m still working out getting the ti module to work correctly but it did take me a step in the right direction.