[OE-core] [PATCH] module.bbclass: Allow for modules to be packaged seperate from ${PN}

[Saul Wold]

On 01/30/2013 04:03 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
> On 01/30/2013 03:05 PM, Saul Wold wrote:
>> This patch will allow recipes that provide kernel modules to package
>> the module or modules in specific packages. That list is contained in
>> MODULE_PACKAGES, this defaults to  to preserve the current behavior.
>
> s/to to preserve/to preserving/
>
Fixed in my MUT branch

>> The package can also define MODULE_FILES to specify files.
>
> So, for example, the hello-mod recipe in meta-skeleton can remain unchanged?
Correct, the default for MODULE_PACKAGES is "${PN}" so no changes are 
required.

> It will then get /lib/modules/*/hello.ko in FILES_hello-mod and
> MODULE_PACKAGES will be set to hello-mod. If I wanted to, hello-mod
> could create to modules, and package them separately by specifying two
> values in MODULE_PACKAGES and creating the appropriate
> MODULE_FILES_foo|bar entries?
>
Correct, 2 packages would be created and the files specified would be 
packaged into foo and bar.

> Right, seems to make sense to me. What testing has this seen? Have you
> verified it with hello-mod?
>
I verified it with lttng-module and added MODULE_PACKAGES = 
"module-test" and MODULE_FILES_module-test = "/etc" and then verified 
packages and variables.

Sau!

> --
> Darren
>
>>
>> [YOCTO #3803]
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Saul Wold <sgw at linux.intel.com>
>> ---
>>   meta/classes/module.bbclass | 19 +++++++++++++++----
>>   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/classes/module.bbclass b/meta/classes/module.bbclass
>> index c933d32..e2174a1 100644
>> --- a/meta/classes/module.bbclass
>> +++ b/meta/classes/module.bbclass
>> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
>> -RDEPENDS_${PN} += "kernel-image"
>>   DEPENDS += "virtual/kernel"
>>
>>   inherit module-base
>> @@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ module_do_install() {
>>   	           modules_install
>>   }
>>
>> -pkg_postinst_${PN}_append () {
>> +module_pkg_postinst () {
>>   if [ -z "$D" ]; then
>>   	depmod -a ${KERNEL_VERSION}
>>   else
>> @@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ else
>>   fi
>>   }
>>
>> -pkg_postrm_${PN}_append () {
>> +module_pkg_postrm () {
>>   if [ -z "$D" ]; then
>>   	depmod -a ${KERNEL_VERSION}
>>   else
>> @@ -43,4 +42,16 @@ fi
>>
>>   EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_compile do_install
>>
>> -FILES_${PN} = "/etc /lib/modules"
>> +MODULE_PACKAGES ?= "${PN}"
>> +
>> +python __anonymous() {
>> +    for package in d.getVar("MODULE_PACKAGES", True).split():
>> +        d.appendVar("RDEPENDS_%s" % package, " kernel-image")
>> +        files = d.getVar("MODULE_FILES_%s" % package, True) or "/etc /lib/modules"
>> +        d.appendVar("FILES_%s" % package, " " + files)
>> +        d.appendVar('pkg_postinst_%s' %  package, " " + d.getVar('module_pkg_postinst', True))
>> +        d.appendVar('pkg_postrm_%s' %  package, " " + d.getVar('module_pkg_postrm', True))
>> +        if not package in d.getVar("PACKAGES", True):
>> +            d.prependVar("PACKAGES", package + " ")
>> +}
>> +         	
>>
>