[OE-core] [PATCH 0/4] Add qemumips64 machine support

[Bruce Ashfield]

On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Trevor Woerner <twoerner at gmail.com> wrote:
> What really confuses me about the attempts I was making is that in
> my local.conf file I have explicitly asked for kernel version 3.8.11:
>
>     PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto := "3.8.11%"
>
> When I watch the build messages fly by I see that linux-yocto_3.8.11
> is being built.
>
> In my work directory there is a directory called:
>
>
> tmp/work/qemumips64-poky-linux/linux-yocto/3.8.11+gitAUTOINC+8482dcdf68f9f7501118f4c01fdcb8f851882997_bbefde394205a1b317eae31942bfc13afce0b0ac-r4.1/
>
> but when I got into the
>
>
> tmp/work/qemumips64-poky-linux/linux-yocto/3.8.11+gitAUTOINC+8482dcdf68f9f7501118f4c01fdcb8f851882997_bbefde394205a1b317eae31942bfc13afce0b0ac-r4.1/linux
>
> directory and have a look at the Makefile, I see:
>
>      VERSION = 3
>      PATCHLEVEL = 8
>      SUBLEVEL = 4
>      EXTRAVERSION =
>      NAME = Unicycling Gorilla
>
> and when I boot the image the kernel banner says:
>
>     Linux version 3.8.4-yocto-standard (trevor at zzz) (gcc version 4.7.2 (GCC)
> ) #1 PREEMPT Tue May 14 11:10:07 EDT 2013
>
> Can anyone explain the discrepancy?

You set the SRCREV that Khem sent. That was my 3.8.4. commit. The version
number in the directories is coming coming from the PV of the package, which you
didn't tweak.

Bruce


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