[OE-core] what must i supply WRT UBOOT_CONFIG/UBOOT_MACHINE when u-boot isn't in BSP?

[Khem Raj]

On 16-08-05 17:11:34, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Aug 2016, Khem Raj wrote:
> 
> >
> > > On Aug 5, 2016, at 11:52 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >  i'm in the situation where i want to add the u-boot-fw-utils package
> > > to my image, but the corresponding u-boot source for the target is not
> > > part of the BSP layer; in fact, it's not part of a layer at all (built
> > > manually elsewhere), so it's unsurprising that, if i add that recipe
> > > to the image, i get:
> > >
> > > ERROR: u-boot-fw-utils was skipped: Either UBOOT_MACHINE or
> > > UBOOT_CONFIG must be set in the ... machine configuration.
> > > ERROR: u-boot-fw-utils was skipped: Either UBOOT_MACHINE or
> > > UBOOT_CONFIG must be set in the ... machine configuration.
> > >
> > > is there a short doc that explains what i minimally need to supply to
> > > build that package? i've never been in the situation where u-boot
> > > wasn't part of the BSP.
> >
> > perhaps you need to set UBOOT_MACHINE = "config"
> 
>   i apologize, but i have no idea what that means. does that mean i
> want to build that package, and it will consult /etc/fw_env.config
> when the executables are run?

well, the errors you reported above are issued when OE is trying to
build the u-boot-fw-utils recipe and BSP does not define the
UBOOT_MACHINE, I was merely pointing to a possible solution. I do
not know your usecase.