[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] linux-yocto-custom: Clarify usage and clear COMPATIBLE_MACHINE

Richard Purdie richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org
Tue Aug 7 11:56:54 UTC 2012


On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 08:56 -0700, Darren Hart wrote:
> There has been some confusion over proper use of the linux-yocto-custom
> recipe. It is not intended to build as is from meta-skeleton. It should
> be modified via a bbappend file to provide a Linux kernel config at the
> very least.
> 
> Update the commentary to make this requirement more explicit. Add some
> additional detail about how to create a bbappend file and how and when
> to modify the various variables.
> 
> Clear COMPATIBLE_MACHINE so bitbake will not attempt to build the recipe
> unless the user explicitly adds there machine to the variable, which
> should encourage them to read the recipe comments before attempting to
> build it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhart at linux.intel.com>
> CC: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com>
> CC: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhart at linux.intel.com>

Merged to master, thanks.

Richard





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