rename kernel_module to kernel_modules, start README mass factorings

packages/gem5/Config.in

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GEM5
 	bool "gem5"
 	help
-	  gem5 system simulator. Only builds the m5 guest instrumentation
-	  tool for now, not the simulator itself.
+	  Only for the m5 guest instrumentation tool of the gem5 system simulator,
+	  does not build the simulator itself.
 
 	  http://gem5.org

packages/kernel_module/external.desc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-name: KERNEL_MODULE

packages/kernel_modules/Config.in

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_KERNEL_MODULE
-	bool "kernel_module"
+config BR2_PACKAGE_KERNEL_MODULES
+	bool "kernel_modules"
 	depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
 	help
 		Linux Kernel Module Cheat.

packages/kernel_modules/Makefile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-obj-m += $(addsuffix .o, $(notdir $(basename $(filter-out %.mod.c, $(wildcard $(BR2_EXTERNAL_KERNEL_MODULE_PATH)/*.c)))))
+obj-m += $(addsuffix .o, $(notdir $(basename $(filter-out %.mod.c, $(wildcard $(BR2_EXTERNAL_KERNEL_MODULES_PATH)/*.c)))))
 ccflags-y := -DDEBUG -g -std=gnu99 -Werror -Wno-declaration-after-statement -Wframe-larger-than=1000000000
 
 .PHONY: all clean

packages/kernel_modules/external.desc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+name: KERNEL_MODULES

packages/kernel_modules/external.mk

@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 ################################################################################
 #
-# kernel_module
+# kernel_modules
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-KERNEL_MODULE_VERSION = 1.0
-KERNEL_MODULE_SITE = $(BR2_EXTERNAL_KERNEL_MODULE_PATH)
-KERNEL_MODULE_SITE_METHOD = local
+KERNEL_MODULES_VERSION = 1.0
+KERNEL_MODULES_SITE = $(BR2_EXTERNAL_KERNEL_MODULES_PATH)
+KERNEL_MODULES_SITE_METHOD = local
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EIGEN),y)
-	KERNEL_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES += eigen
+	KERNEL_MODULES_DEPENDENCIES += eigen
 endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM),y)
-	KERNEL_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES += libdrm
+	KERNEL_MODULES_DEPENDENCIES += libdrm
 endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENBLAS),y)
-	KERNEL_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES += openblas
+	KERNEL_MODULES_DEPENDENCIES += openblas
 endif
 
-define KERNEL_MODULE_BUILD_CMDS
+define KERNEL_MODULES_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) -C '$(@D)/user' $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
 	  BR2_PACKAGE_EIGEN="$(BR2_PACKAGE_EIGEN)" \
 	  BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM="$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM)" \
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ define KERNEL_MODULE_BUILD_CMDS
 	;
 endef
 
-define KERNEL_MODULE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+define KERNEL_MODULES_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	# The modules are already installed by the kernel-module package type
 	# under /lib/modules/**, but let's also copy the modules to the root
 	# for insmod convenience.

packages/kernel_modules/make-host.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # We can almost do everything from the Makefile itself by using default values for
 #
 #    LINUX_DIR ?= "/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build"
-#    BR2_EXTERNAL_KERNEL_MODULE_PATH="$(pwd)"
+#    BR2_EXTERNAL_KERNEL_MODULES_PATH="$(pwd)"
 #
 # The problem with that is that if you define those variables in your environment,
 # the build breaks, so this is more portable.
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ while getopts j: OPT; do
   esac
 done
 shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
-make -j "$j" KERNEL_MODULE_PATH="$(pwd)" LINUX_DIR="/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build" "$@"
+make -j "$j" KERNEL_MODULES_PATH="$(pwd)" LINUX_DIR="/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build" "$@"
 make -C user/ -j "$j" "$@"