As of Oreo, Google is requiring that kernel modules be used whenever
possible and that their location be in /vendor. With Lineage 15.1,
devices without a separate /vendor partition will use /system/vendor,
which symlinked to /vendor.
To make this more flexible and future proof, allow developers to specify
where each module needs to go by setting the path in the modules folder.
If a module needs to go to /system/vendor/lib/modules, then the module
should be placed in modules/system/vendor/lib/modules. Contexts and
permissions will still be updated automatically.
Android documentation: https://source.android.com/devices/architecture/kernel/modular-kernels
Lineage 15.1 commit: https://github.com/LineageOS/android_vendor_lineage/commit/bf38db2a5e358a5449458b3dee2dd9d4015b8147
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Nathan Chancellor
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