Kernel Drivers/Modules from gki.fragment Not Loaded After OTA Update in i.MX8MQ(Android14_2.0.0)

[Maruti]

Dear Team,

We are working with Android 14_2.0.0 on a custom board based on the i.MX8MQ platform. We are including our drivers and kernel modules using a gki.fragment configuration.

Issue Description:

• Before OTA Update:

  • The board boots from the boot_a slot.

  • All drivers and kernel modules defined in gki.fragment are correctly loaded at boot.

  • Functionality dependent on these modules works as expected.

• After OTA Update:

  • The board boots successfully from the boot_b slot.

  • However, none of the drivers or kernel modules from gki.fragment are loaded.

  • This causes critical features relying on those modules to break.

Additional Information:

• GKI Kernel Version: 6.6.30

• Kernel Version Before OTA: 6.6.30-4k-g83331275a61f-dirty

• Kernel Version After OTA: 6.6.30-android15-8-g63f82df87330-ab12046046-4k

Could you please help us identify what might be missing or misconfigured? We need a solution to ensure that the gki.fragment modules load correctly after an OTA update.

Regards,
Maruti Naik

[danielchen]

Hi

please check 

1.  device/nxp/imx8q/mek_8q/SharedBoardConfig.mk  

please make sure all the modules you added  are listed in this file

2. This file (SharedBoardConfig.mk)

divides the storage locations of the kernel modules into two parts :  one is inside the ramdisk.  and the other is in the vendor_dlkm partition.

You can check the directories  $OUT/vendor_ramdisk/lib/modules/ and $OUT/vendor_dlkm/lib/modules/ to see if the files you need are there. 

Regards

Daniel

[Maruti]

Hi Daniel,

Yes, I have checked — the modules are present in the vendor_dlkm/lib/modules directory.
With normal binary flashing, all the modules load without any issues.
This problem occurs only after the OTA update.

Regards,
Maruti Naik

[danielchen]

Hi @Maruti 

please share the detailed steps so I can reproduce this issue on my side.

Regards

Daniel