[OE-core] [RFC] [PATCH] Add KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS parameter

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Khem Raj,

In message <CAMKF1so3xwMOB30-yogUL9jCuHoTEsMgTDRxTLWKT_dYn-LkuQ at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > Add KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS parameter so affected boards can add for example
> >
> >        KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS = "LOADADDR=0x80008000"
> >
> > to their configuration.  We make this general enough so other needed
> > command line options can be passed as well when compiling the kernel.
> 
> will EXTRA_OEMAKE = "..." work ?

No, it will not, as "meta/classes/kernel.bbclass" explicitly ignores
all EXTRA_OEMAKE settings:

...
# For the kernel, we don't want the '-e MAKEFLAGS=' in EXTRA_OEMAKE.
# We don't want to override kernel Makefile variables from the environment
EXTRA_OEMAKE = ""
...


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

-- 
DENX Software Engineering GmbH,     MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
I express preference for a chronological  sequence  of  events  which
precludes a violence.   - Terry Pratchett, _The Dark Side of the Sun_