You can list the factory default kernel modules with the command:

find /lib/modules/$(uname -r) -type f -name '*.ko'

Tip: You can use Dockcross to cross-compile from a Docker container to the PM3. Use the dockcross/linux-armv7-lts container.

1. Download the i.MX Linux kernel source code from the nxp-imx/linux-imx Github repo, selecting the git tag that matches your kernel version (e.g. 4.9.166 for a uname -r of 4.9.166-fsl-imx-INIT-004).
2. Obtain the Linux kernel config from the PM3, located at /proc/config.gz. Unzip this file to .config in the root of the kernel source.
3. In .config, change the line CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y to CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=n.
4. If you're trying to build kernel modules that are already in the Linux source code, set the appropriate config options to m. For example, setting CONFIG_SLIP=m enabled SLIP support to be compiled to drivers/net/slip/.ko.
5. In Makefile, change the line EXTRAVERSION = to EXTRAVERSION = -fsl-imx-INIT-004, or whatever comes after the PM3's uname -r for you.
6. In /scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.lex.c and /scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.lex.c_shipped, change YYLTYPE yylloc; to extern YYLTYPE yylloc;
7. Run git add . and git commit.
8. Run make LOCALVERSION= -C . modules
9. scp your new kernel module to the PM3 and load it with insmod your_module.ko. If it fails, check dmesg to see what's wrong.

If you fail to load a kernel module and dmesg shows something like the following:

version magic '4.9.166-fsl-imx-INIT-004+ preempt ARMv7 p2v8 ' should be '4.9.166-fsl-imx-INIT-004 preempt ARMv7 p2v8 '

version magic '4.9.166-fsl-imx-INIT-004-dirty preempt ARMv7 p2v8 ' should be '4.9.166-fsl-imx-INIT-004 preempt ARMv7 p2v8 '

Then double check:

• That CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=n is set in .config.
• That your make command has the option LOCALVERSION= .
• That you have no uncommitted changes according to git.