[OE-core] how can i tell which default kernel config OE started with?

Robert P. J. Day rpjday at crashcourse.ca
Tue May 3 15:36:59 UTC 2016


On Tue, 3 May 2016, Bruce Ashfield wrote:

> On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>
>         also, that same section in the YP manual is slightly
>       confusing -- if your SRC_URI refers to a defconfig file *and*
>       some .cfg fragment files, is it necessarily true that the
>       defconfig file is consulted first (no matter where it shows up
>       in SRC_URI), after which all .cfg files are applied on top of
>       that in order? it's not entirely clear from the manual if
>       that's what happens.
>
>
> Yep. If you mix the two techniques, the defconfig is first (and
> taken as the settings), and then fragments are applied on top.

  yeah, that's not terrifically clear from that section in the manual,
Section 2.2.3, in the Note therein:

"The build system applies the configurations from the defconfig file
before applying any subsequent configuration fragments."
                    ^^^^^^^^^^

  the use of the word "subsequent" suggests an ordering and is
potentially misleading.

rday

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