Inline kernel building as a buildtime task:
(Thanks to CyanogenMod and OmniRom)

By arcee

Kernel image integration is now done in the build system. The
"one true way" of doing this is to download the kernel source
into kernel/TARGET_BOOTLOADER_NAME (by usage of the cm.dependencies
mechanism or otherwise), and defining the TARGET_KERNEL_CONFIG
variable in the device's BoardConfig makefile

If the kernel's location doesn't match the automagic location
(multi-device kernel source, for instance), TARGET_KERNEL_SOURCE
can be used to specify a kernel path (i.e.,
"TARGET_KERNEL_SOURCE := kernel/shared-whatever")

If the device requires out-of-kernel-tree modules to be built,
the TARGET_KERNEL_MODULES variable can be used, pointing to a
_make target_ that will build and install such modules. Definition
of such a target is the device author's responsibility, the only
restriction is that it is a normal makefile recipe (example
below)

Optionally (or as an alternative), a prebuilt binary can also be
defined at BoardConfig, by usage of the TARGET_PREBUILT_KERNEL
variable. This binary will be used if the kernel source is absent
(or undefined).

A minimal BoardConfig.mk should look something like this:

TARGET_KERNEL_CONFIG := cyanogenmod_<device>_defconfig
TARGET_PREBUILT_KERNEL := device/<vendor>/<device>/kernel

To include, for example, the TI WLAN modules, this can be used:

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TIWLAN_MODULES:
       make -C hardware/ti/wlan/wl1283/platforms/os/linux/ KERNEL_DIR=$(KERNEL_OUT) ARCH="arm"
CROSS_COMPILE="arm-eabi-" TNETW=1273 RANDOM_MAC=n REPORT_LOG=n
       mv hardware/ti/wlan/wl1283/platforms/os/linux/tiwlan_drv.ko $(KERNEL_MODULES_OUT)
       make -C hardware/ti/wlan/wl1283_softAP/platforms/os/linux/ KERNEL_DIR=$(KERNEL_OUT) ARCH="arm"
CROSS_COMPILE="arm-eabi-" TNETW=1273 REPORT_LOG=n
       mv hardware/ti/wlan/wl1283_softAP/platforms/os/linux/tiap_drv.ko $(KERNEL_MODULES_OUT)

TARGET_KERNEL_MODULES := TIWLAN_MODULES
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Included Commits:

https://github.com/omnirom/android_build/commits/android-4.4/core/tasks/kernel.mk