[OE-core] [PATCH] linux-dtb: Use kernel build system to generate the dtb files

[Otavio Salvador]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Otavio Salvador
<otavio at ossystems.com.br> wrote:
> As the Linux kernel, unconditionally, builds the dtc application and
> it is the compatible version with the DeviceTree files shipped within
> the kernel it is better to use it and the kernel build system to
> generate the dtb files.
>
> Some DeviceTree files rely on CPP and kernel headers to be able to
> generate the dtb binary contents and it is harder to replicate it
> outside of Linux kernel build system so we /use/ it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio at ossystems.com.br>
> ---
> NOTE: This depends on 'linux-dtb.inc: Replace /boot/ with /${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/' patch
>
>  meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dtb.inc | 59 +++++++++++++++------------------
>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dtb.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dtb.inc
> index 41dd599..a65f8bd 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dtb.inc
> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dtb.inc
> @@ -1,44 +1,39 @@
>  # Support for device tree generation
>  FILES_kernel-devicetree = "/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/devicetree*"
> -KERNEL_DEVICETREE_FLAGS ?= "-R 8 -p 0x3000"
>
>  python __anonymous () {
> -    devicetree = d.getVar("KERNEL_DEVICETREE", True) or ''
> -    if devicetree:
> -        depends = d.getVar("DEPENDS", True)
> -        d.setVar("DEPENDS", "%s dtc-native" % depends)
> -        packages = d.getVar("PACKAGES", True)
> -        d.setVar("PACKAGES", "%s kernel-devicetree" % packages)
> +    d.appendVar("PACKAGES", " kernel-devicetree")
>  }
>
>  do_install_append() {
> +       bbwarn "ARRG"

Kept when testing.

I will await for more feedback before sending v2.


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