[OE-core] [PATCH v2] kernel-uimage: change target image to vmlinux
Marek Vasut
marex at denx.de
Wed Apr 13 21:56:23 UTC 2016
On 04/13/2016 08:17 PM, Ruslan Bilovol wrote:
> Commit e69525: "kernel: Build uImage only when really
> needed" hardcoded target kernel image to zImage for
> case if uImage is generated by OpenEmbedded buildsystem.
>
> However not all kernel architectures support zImage
> target, for example AArch64 doesn't, so building of
> kernel is failing on this step.
>
> So instead of building zImage target that may not
> exist for many architectures, build vmlinux target
> that exists for all architectures.
>
> Since kernel-uboot.bbclass uses vmlinux anyway for
> creating image, there is no side effect on this change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ruslan Bilovol <rbilovol at cisco.com>
To me, this looks sensible:
Reviewed-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
If someone depends on this uImage bbclass generating also zImage,
there will be a failure and that should be fixed therein.
> ---
> meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass
> index f73965b..de7ca38 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ python __anonymous () {
> # KEEPUIMAGE == yes. Otherwise, we pack compressed vmlinux into
> # the uImage .
> if d.getVar("KEEPUIMAGE", True) != 'yes':
> - d.setVar("KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_FOR_MAKE", "zImage")
> + d.setVar("KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_FOR_MAKE", "vmlinux")
> }
>
> do_uboot_mkimage() {
>
--
Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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