[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] linux-yocto_3.4: use ${KSRC_linux_yocto_3_4_repo} based SRC_URI

[Kamble, Nitin A]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Saul Wold [mailto:sgw at linux.intel.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 9:37 AM
> To: Kamble, Nitin A
> Cc: Openembedded-core at lists.openembedded.org
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] linux-yocto_3.4: use
> ${KSRC_linux_yocto_3_4_repo} based SRC_URI
> 
> On 01/18/2013 09:23 AM, Kamble, Nitin A wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Saul Wold [mailto:sgw at linux.intel.com]
> >> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 9:19 AM
> >> To: Kamble, Nitin A
> >> Cc: Openembedded-core at lists.openembedded.org
> >> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] linux-yocto_3.4: use
> >> ${KSRC_linux_yocto_3_4_repo} based SRC_URI
> >>
> >> On 01/16/2013 11:46 AM, nitin.a.kamble at intel.com wrote:
> >>> From: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
> >>>
> >>> This makes replacing kernel git repository easy.
> >>> For example you can add the following line in your local.conf to use
> >>> your own local kernel repository:
> >>>
> >>> KSRC_linux_yocto_3_4_repo = "/home/nitin/linux-yocto-
> >> 3.4.git/;protocol=file"
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>    meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.4.bb |    3 ++-
> >>>    1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.4.bb
> >>> b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.4.bb
> >>> index 70ed967..92129b6 100644
> >>> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.4.bb
> >>> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.4.bb
> >>> @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ SRCREV_machine_qemux86-64 ?=
> >> "5432e2acb6053f9f7563cf63abd101ed2fdc1b6f"
> >>>    SRCREV_machine ?= "5432e2acb6053f9f7563cf63abd101ed2fdc1b6f"
> >>>    SRCREV_meta ?= "7e0cd2990798aae80565baa17d3b6c771874f284"
> >>>
> >>> -SRC_URI = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto-
> >>
> 3.4.git;protocol=git;nocheckout=1;branch=${KBRANCH},${KMETA};name=ma
> >> chine,meta"
> >>> +KSRC_linux_yocto_3_4_repo ?= "git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto-
> >> 3.4.git;protocol=git"
> >>> +SRC_URI =
> >>
> "git://${KSRC_linux_yocto_3_4_repo};nocheckout=1;branch=${KBRANCH},${
> >> KMETA};name=machine,meta"
> >>>
> >>
> >> Nitin,
> >>
> >> Can't the same be accomplished by setting SRC_URI-yocto-linux in your
> >> local.conf file:
> >>
> >>> SRC_URI_linux-yocto =
> >>> "/home/nitin/linux-yocto-3.4.git/;protocol=file
> >> ;nocheckout=1;branch=${KBRANCH},${KMETA};name=machine,meta"
> >>
> >> Yes, it might require a little cut paste of the nocheck... part.
> >>
> >> Sau!
> >>
> >
> >
> > Saul,
> >     This way same settings can be used for any BSP. And shouldn't we make
> life of YP developer easy?
> >
> This just seems like an extra variable that then needs to be documented
> when the SRC_URI already exists for this purpose.

And this new variable is going to make kernel developer's life easy to just replace the kernel repository
while keeping all the kernel repo branch names same. 

As a kernel/BSP developer it definitely makes my life easier.

Thanks,
Nitin


> 
> Sau!
> 
> > Thanks,
> > Nitin
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>>    LINUX_VERSION ?= "3.4.24"
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >