[OE-core] [PATCH 0/2] Support for VirtualBox guest additions
Mark Hatle
mark.hatle at windriver.com
Tue Aug 4 16:20:01 UTC 2015
On 8/3/15 3:35 PM, Juro Bystricky wrote:
> In order to support VirtualBox guest additions, kernel headers need to be present
> in the VM. I am aware we already have two packages/recipes that are somewhat similar
> (kernel-devsrc.bb, linux-libc-headers), but none of them is suitable for this purpose.
> Besides the kernel headers, some additional files (scripts, Makefiles, .config, etc)
> are also required.
linux-libc-headers is only for building applications. kernel-devsrc is for
building modules on the target.
What do these specific modules need that are not present in kernel-devsrc? (I
really don't want 'yet another' confusing package added to the system.)
> The new recipe "kernel-headers.bb" can in principle be used by other images as well.
> It is not limited to the Build Appliance and hence is not a part of the Build Appliance
> recipe.
I think kernel-headers is a bad name for a package. It could be confusing.
--Mark
> Juro Bystricky (2):
> kernel-headers: linux kernel headers
> build-appliance-image: support for VirtualBox guest addtions
>
> .../README_vbox_guest_additions.txt | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> .../images/build-appliance-image_12.0.1.bb | 4 +-
> meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-headers.bb | 66 ++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 meta/recipes-core/images/build-appliance-image/README_vbox_guest_additions.txt
> create mode 100644 meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-headers.bb
>
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