[OE-core] [PATCH] kernel.bbclass, module.bbclass: Make update-modules optional

Martin Jansa martin.jansa at gmail.com
Wed Sep 26 12:14:25 UTC 2012


On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 01:02:26PM +0100, Phil Blundell wrote:
> The update-modules mechanism is something of a historical relic and it isn't
> entirely clear that it has a great deal of value nowadays.  Also, it causes a

What's replacement of this nowadays? IIRC without g_ether autoload I
don't get working usb networking on first boot, which sucks.

Cheers,

> problem when building a read-only rootfs since update-modules itself refuses
> to configure offline.
> 
> Allow DISTROs to circumvent this whole thing by declaring (via DISTRO_FEATURES)
> that they don't wish to use update-modules.  This is backfilled for existing
> distributions and will have to be marked as CONSIDERED by those who actually
> don't want it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Blundell <pb at pbcl.net>
> ---
>  meta/classes/kernel.bbclass |   24 ++++++++++++++++--------
>  meta/classes/module.bbclass |    2 +-
>  meta/conf/bitbake.conf      |    2 +-
>  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
> index fdef1be..d3af67c 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
> @@ -398,10 +398,12 @@ python populate_packages_prepend () {
>  
>          dvar = d.getVar('PKGD', True)
>  
> +        use_update_modules = oe.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'update-modules', True, False, d)
> +
>          # If autoloading is requested, output /etc/modules-load.d/<name>.conf and append
>          # appropriate modprobe commands to the postinst
>          autoload = d.getVar('module_autoload_%s' % basename, True)
> -        if autoload:
> +        if autoload and use_update_modules:
>              name = '%s/etc/modules-load.d/%s.conf' % (dvar, basename)
>              f = open(name, 'w')
>              for m in autoload.split():
> @@ -415,15 +417,16 @@ python populate_packages_prepend () {
>  
>          # Write out any modconf fragment
>          modconf = d.getVar('module_conf_%s' % basename, True)
> -        if modconf:
> +        if modconf and use_update_modules:
>              name = '%s/etc/modprobe.d/%s.conf' % (dvar, basename)
>              f = open(name, 'w')
>              f.write("%s\n" % modconf)
>              f.close()
>  
> -        files = d.getVar('FILES_%s' % pkg, True)
> -        files = "%s /etc/modules-load.d/%s.conf /etc/modprobe.d/%s.conf" % (files, basename, basename)
> -        d.setVar('FILES_%s' % pkg, files)
> +        if use_update_modules:
> +            files = d.getVar('FILES_%s' % pkg, True)
> +            files = "%s /etc/modules-load.d/%s.conf /etc/modprobe.d/%s.conf" % (files, basename, basename)
> +            d.setVar('FILES_%s' % pkg, files)
>  
>          if vals.has_key("description"):
>              old_desc = d.getVar('DESCRIPTION_' + pkg, True) or ""
> @@ -441,12 +444,17 @@ python populate_packages_prepend () {
>      module_regex = '^(.*)\.k?o$'
>      module_pattern = 'kernel-module-%s'
>  
> -    postinst = d.getVar('pkg_postinst_modules', True)
> -    postrm = d.getVar('pkg_postrm_modules', True)
> +    use_update_modules = oe.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'update-modules', True, False, d)
> +    if use_update_modules:
> +        postinst = d.getVar('pkg_postinst_modules', True)
> +        postrm = d.getVar('pkg_postrm_modules', True)
> +    else:
> +        postinst = None
> +        postrm = None
>      do_split_packages(d, root='/lib/firmware', file_regex='^(.*)\.bin$', output_pattern='kernel-firmware-%s', description='Firmware for %s', recursive=True, extra_depends='')
>      do_split_packages(d, root='/lib/firmware', file_regex='^(.*)\.fw$', output_pattern='kernel-firmware-%s', description='Firmware for %s', recursive=True, extra_depends='')
>      do_split_packages(d, root='/lib/firmware', file_regex='^(.*)\.cis$', output_pattern='kernel-firmware-%s', description='Firmware for %s', recursive=True, extra_depends='')
> -    do_split_packages(d, root='/lib/modules', file_regex=module_regex, output_pattern=module_pattern, description='%s kernel module', postinst=postinst, postrm=postrm, recursive=True, hook=frob_metadata, extra_depends='update-modules kernel-%s' % d.getVar("KERNEL_VERSION", True))
> +    do_split_packages(d, root='/lib/modules', file_regex=module_regex, output_pattern=module_pattern, description='%s kernel module', postinst=postinst, postrm=postrm, recursive=True, hook=frob_metadata, extra_depends='%skernel-%s' % (['', 'update-modules '][use_update_modules], d.getVar("KERNEL_VERSION", True)))
>  
>      # If modules-load.d and modprobe.d are empty at this point, remove them to
>      # avoid warnings. removedirs only raises an OSError if an empty
> diff --git a/meta/classes/module.bbclass b/meta/classes/module.bbclass
> index c721202..e8d32eb 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/module.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/module.bbclass
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -RDEPENDS += "kernel-image update-modules"
> +RDEPENDS_${PN} += "kernel-image ${@oe.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'update-modules', 'update-modules', '', d)}"
>  DEPENDS += "virtual/kernel"
>  
>  inherit module-base
> diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
> index 3496d2b..5196018 100644
> --- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
> +++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
> @@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS ?= ""
>  MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS ?= ""
>  IMAGE_FEATURES += "${EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES}"
>  
> -DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL = "pulseaudio"
> +DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL = "pulseaudio update-modules"
>  DISTRO_FEATURES_append = "${@oe.utils.features_backfill("DISTRO_FEATURES",d)}"
>  
>  MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL = "rtc"
> -- 
> 1.7.10.4
> 
> 
> 
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Martin 'JaMa' Jansa     jabber: Martin.Jansa at gmail.com
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