title: How to statically build kernel module with buildroot?
body: <p>Is there an example package somewhere on how you might go about statically compiling in a device driver?</p>
  
  <p>I know that obj-y is used for static compilation vs obj-m. I have a dynamically loadable module being built in my buildroot package right now. That dynamic module works exactly as I would expect. I even figured out that I could change the module makefile to use obj-y, and add a buildroot option where, if I clicked it it would append a line in the drivers/Makefile. The output appeared to show that my module got built. But it didn't at all seem to me that my driver's init function was being executed at startup, because I don't see my device file in /dev.</p>