[OE-core] Time for kernel26 MACHINE_FEATURES to go away?

[Phil Blundell]

On Sun, 2011-12-18 at 21:15 -0800, Steve Sakoman wrote:
> I was preparing a bsp layer today and discovered that my new machine
> needed kernel26 in the MACHINE_FEATURES list or update-modules would
> fail during a kernel build.
> 
> The kernel26 feature is only referenced in a few places in oe-core:
> 
> meta/conf/bitbake.conf:MACHINE_FEATURES ?= "kernel26"
> meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc:MACHINE_FEATURES = "kernel26 apm
> alsa pcmcia bluetooth irda usbgadget screen"
> meta/recipes-kernel/update-modules/update-modules_1.0.bb:RDEPENDS_${PN}
> = "${@base_contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "kernel26",
> "module-init-tools-depmod","modutils-depmod",d)} "
> 
> Perhaps it might be a good time to retire kernel26?

I thought we'd done this ages ago.  I think the bit in update-modules
must just be some ancient relic.  Please do send a patch to remove it.

p.