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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2013-01-14 11:52:28 -0800 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-01-16 15:59:20 +0000 |
| commit | b34a14014c929b5672f6ff9f5b22a0720f5dcdc3 (patch) | |
| tree | 9695882e44fe12b8049c4d9166af7474ebe25eb8 /documentation | |
| parent | ac5cee5ea11c348f80a4713d90bc93244bb9da28 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-b34a14014c929b5672f6ff9f5b22a0720f5dcdc3.tar.gz | |
kernel-dev: Edits to the "Working with your Own Sources" section.
Final tweaks to this list of variables.
(From yocto-docs rev: d494c8b06a623ef4930e206dd8e5689c8a9d4923)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml | 19 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml index 3645a5acdd..96c7933805 100644 --- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml +++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml @@ -449,9 +449,10 @@ <para> To help you use your own sources, the Yocto Project provides a linux-yocto custom recipe - <filename>linux-yocto-custom.bb</filename> that uses + (<filename>linux-yocto-custom.bb</filename>) that uses <filename>kernel.org</filename> sources - and the Yocto Project Linux kernel tools for managing Metadata. + and the Yocto Project Linux kernel tools for managing + kernel Metadata. You can find this recipe in the <filename>poky</filename> Git repository of the Yocto Project <ulink url='&YOCTO_GIT_URL;'>Source Repository</ulink> @@ -469,7 +470,7 @@ The name should include the version of the Linux kernel you are using (e.g. <filename>linux-yocto-myproject_3.5.bb</filename>, where "3.5" is the base version of the Linux kernel - with which you would be working.</para></listitem> + with which you would be working).</para></listitem> <listitem><para>In the same directory inside your layer, create a matching directory to store your patches and configuration files (e.g. @@ -489,7 +490,7 @@ </para></listitem> <listitem><para><filename>LINUX_VERSION</filename>: The Linux kernel version you are using (e.g. - "3.6.3").</para></listitem> + "3.4").</para></listitem> <listitem><para><filename>LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION</filename>: The Linux kernel <filename>CONFIG_LOCALVERSION</filename> that is compiled into the resulting kernel and visible @@ -508,8 +509,11 @@ The default <filename>PV</filename> assignment is typically adequate. It combines the <filename>LINUX_VERSION</filename> - with the SCM revision (from the SRCPV variable) - and results in a string using the following form: + with the Source Control Manager (SCM) revision + as derived from the <filename>SRCPV</filename> + variable. + The combined results are a string with + the following form: <literallayout class='monospaced'> 3.4.11+git1+68a635bf8dfb64b02263c1ac80c948647cc76d5f_1+218bd8d2022b9852c60d32f0d770931e3cf343e2 </literallayout> @@ -522,7 +526,8 @@ This variable in the example recipe is set by default to a regular expression that matches only the empty string, "(^$)". - This default setting triggers an explicit build failure. + This default setting triggers an explicit build + failure. You must change it to match a list of the machines that your new recipe supports. For example, to support the <filename>qemux86</filename> |