On 4/11/14, 9:08, "Kamble, Nitin A" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> -----Original Message----- >> From: Darren Hart [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 8:49 AM >> To: Paul Eggleton; [email protected] >> Cc: Kamble, Nitin A >> Subject: Re: Use of overrides in linux-yocto bbappends >> >> On 4/11/14, 8:37, "Paul Eggleton" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >Hi folks, >> > >> >Koen reported that with a recent change to meta-minnow where >> >LINUX_VERSION = "something" changed to LINUX_VERSION_minnow = >> >"something" (which was a good change), the result was that the version >> >of the linux-yocto kernel packages for an unrelated machine in another >> >layer went backwards, because the value that was previously leaking >> >over into that machine's kernel recipe wasn't anymore. >> > >> >This in itself is OK, since the change was to make the append set the >> >variable correctly. However it prompted me to look through meta-intel >> >to see how we're setting LINUX_VERSION. I see there are a number of >> >bbappends for >> >linux-yocto* >> >recipes that set LINUX_VERSION with no machine override; we need to >> >stop doing this. I can throw together a patch to fix it, but we'll also >> >need to make sure new BSPs added in future use overrides as well. Any >> >suggestions on how to handle the latter? Is this a documentation issue? >> >> I've already asked Nitin to make this change across meta-intel and have >> corrected patches that have been coming in without the MACHINE override. >> So yes, we're on it. > >As of now, there is no such issue in meta-intel layer. All the >LINUX_VERSION >Variables got overrides recently. In master. We should probably also update dora since that is where Koen would have seen the fallout. > >> >> I suppose this should be added to the linux kernel development manual. >> >Right. > >Scott, can you check if any of the manuals mention LINUX_VERSION >without overrides such as LINUX_VERSION_minnow. If there is any that >need to be changed. > I am noticing that the reference manual, and BSP guide both need this >change. > >Bruce, > This file should change too: > meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-custom.bb Could catch. -- Darren Hart Open Source Technology Center [email protected] Intel Corporation -- _______________________________________________ meta-intel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/meta-intel
