[OE-core] [PATCH 1/5] kernel.bbclass: move uImage handling to separate task

Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov dbaryshkov at gmail.com
Mon Dec 19 13:02:00 UTC 2011


On 12/19/2011 04:54 PM, Koen Kooi wrote:
>
> Op 19 dec. 2011, om 13:47 heeft Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov het volgende geschreven:
>
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>> On 12/19/2011 12:13 AM, Koen Kooi wrote:
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>>> Op 18 dec. 2011, om 20:47 heeft Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov het volgende geschreven:
>>>
>>>> As per org.oe.dev and meta-oe's kernel.bbclass move uImage creation to
>>>> separate task from do_deploy. This way the do_install task can also
>>>> benefit from generated uImage.
>>>>
>>>> The only major feature of oe-core's version (not to recreate uImage
>>>> if it exists) is retained in this patch.
>>>
>>> I still don't agree with that behaviour. The in-kernel uImage code is just like the in-kernel defconfigs: useless for people who aren't kernel developers.
>>
>> Koen, that was addressed with KERNEL_RECREATE_UIMAGE variable.
>> Probably I should document it somewhere (in the commit message?
>> documentation.conf? smwh. else?). Would you agree with this patch + docs?
>
> No. If the machine.conf sets the UBOOT_* variables I should not need some magic unbreak-me variable to get kernel.bbclass to use them.

I see your point. I'll redo it so.

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With best wishes
Dmitry




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