[OE-core] [OE-core v1 PATCH 2/5] syslinux: Remove bootimg dependency on aarch64

[Naresh Bhat]

On 13 March 2015 at 21:29, Richard Purdie <
richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 2015-03-13 at 20:25 +0530, Naresh Bhat wrote:
> > Remove the bootimg dependency as syslinux for aarch64. The reason to
> skip the syslinux package
> > - syslinux package contains x86 assembly code. Hence it cannot be
> compiled on aarch64.
> > - There is no BIOS on aarch64 to answer syscalls.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Naresh Bhat <naresh.bhat at linaro.org>
> > ---
> >  meta/classes/syslinux.bbclass |   10 +++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/meta/classes/syslinux.bbclass
> b/meta/classes/syslinux.bbclass
> > index d6498d9..7bd8fed 100644
> > --- a/meta/classes/syslinux.bbclass
> > +++ b/meta/classes/syslinux.bbclass
> > @@ -17,7 +17,15 @@
> >  # ${SYSLINUX_SERIAL_TTY} - Set alternate console=tty... kernel boot
> argument
> >  # ${SYSLINUX_KERNEL_ARGS} - Add additional kernel arguments
> >
> > -do_bootimg[depends] += "${MLPREFIX}syslinux:do_populate_sysroot \
> > +def boot_image_depends(bb, d):
> > +         import re
> > +         deps = bb.data.getVar('TARGET_PREFIX', d, True)
> > +         if re.search("(x86_64|i.86).*",deps):
> > +                 return "${MLPREFIX}syslinux:do_populate_sysroot"
> > +         if re.search("aarch64",deps):
> > +                 return ""
> > +BIMGDEP = "${@boot_image_depends(bb, d)}"
> > +do_bootimg[depends] += "${BIMGDEP} \
> >                          syslinux-native:do_populate_sysroot"
>
> How about something simpler like:
>
> EXTRABOOTIMGDEPS = ""
> EXTRABOOTIMGDEPS_x86 = "${MLPREFIX}syslinux:do_populate_sysroot"
> EXTRABOOTIMGDEPS_x86-64 = "${MLPREFIX}syslinux:do_populate_sysroot"
>
> ?
>
Thank you very much.  Yes, it is more simple. I will test the same
implementation and make the changes in the next series.

>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
>
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