Stefan Fiedler:

package/base/linux/linux.conf

@@ -483,18 +483,26 @@ main_lx() {
 	cp -vf System.map $root/boot/System.map-${lx_kernelrelease}
 	[ "$default" ] && cp -vf System.map $root/boot/System.map
 
-	echo "Building the modules ..."
-	eval $MAKE modules
-	echo "Installing the modules ..."
-	if [ $stagelevel -le 1 ] ; then
-		eval $MAKE modules_install \
-			INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$root DEPMOD=/bin/true
+
+	# only build modules if enabled in the kernel config,
+	# otherwise a build error will occur
+	if [ "`egrep "^CONFIG_MODULES=[ym]" .config`" ] ; then
+		echo "Building the modules ..."
+		eval $MAKE modules
+		echo "Installing the modules ..."
+		if [ $stagelevel -le 1 ] ; then
+			eval $MAKE modules_install \
+				INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$root DEPMOD=/bin/true
+		else
+			eval $MAKE modules_install DEPMOD=/bin/true
+			echo "Running 'depmod -a -q -F /boot/System.map ${lx_kernelrelease}' .."
+			depmod -a -q -F /boot/System.map-${lx_kernelrelease} ${lx_kernelrelease}
+			for x in /lib/modules/${lx_kernelrelease}/modules.*
+			do [ -f $x ] && add_flist $x; done
+		fi
 	else
-		eval $MAKE modules_install DEPMOD=/bin/true
-		echo "Running 'depmod -a -q -F /boot/System.map ${lx_kernelrelease}' .."
-		depmod -a -q -F /boot/System.map-${lx_kernelrelease} ${lx_kernelrelease}
-		for x in /lib/modules/${lx_kernelrelease}/modules.*
-		do [ -f $x ] && add_flist $x; done
+		echo "No module support configured for this kernel ..."
+		mkdir -p $root/lib/modules/${lx_kernelrelease}
 	fi
 
 	# fix /lib/modules/${ver}/{build,source} symlinks