[OE-core] [PATCH] kernel: Stop using update-alternatives

Saul Wold sgw at linux.intel.com
Fri Sep 1 17:07:28 UTC 2017


On Thu, 2017-08-31 at 18:34 -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> The update-alternatives where using relative links so not being
> really
> in use since December 2016 (see OE-Core:c7bc46b9 "kernel: Fix
> symlinks") so instead we now generate the relative symlinks during
> the
> do_install task and drop the update-alternatives use at all.
> 
Is there a reason not to fix the U-A usage of the relative links?

How will this affect the installation of multiple kernels?
for example with Haris's patch: http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail
/openembedded-core/2017-August/140996.html

Sau!


> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio at ossystems.com.br>
> ---
> 
>  meta/classes/kernel.bbclass             | 16 +++------------
>  meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dtb.inc | 36 ++++-------------------
> ----------
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
> b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
> index 3cc0432fcf..02a5e961cb 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ inherit linux-kernel-base kernel-module-split
>  
>  PROVIDES += "virtual/kernel"
>  DEPENDS += "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}binutils
> virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc kmod-native bc-native lzop-native"
> -PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "depmodwrapper-cross virtual/update-
> alternatives-native"
> +PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "depmodwrapper-cross"
>  
>  do_deploy[depends] += "depmodwrapper-cross:do_populate_sysroot"
>  
> @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ python __anonymous () {
>  
>          d.appendVar('PACKAGES', ' ' + 'kernel-image-' + typelower)
>  
> -        d.setVar('FILES_kernel-image-' + typelower, '/' + imagedest
> + '/' + type + '-${KERNEL_VERSION_NAME}')
> +        d.setVar('FILES_kernel-image-' + typelower, '/' + imagedest
> + '/' + type + '-${KERNEL_VERSION_NAME}' + ' /' + imagedest + '/' +
> type)
>  
>          d.appendVar('RDEPENDS_kernel-image', ' ' + 'kernel-image-' +
> typelower)
>  
> @@ -65,13 +65,6 @@ python __anonymous () {
>  
>          d.setVar('ALLOW_EMPTY_kernel-image-' + typelower, '1')
>  
> -        priority = d.getVar('KERNEL_PRIORITY')
> -        postinst = '#!/bin/sh\n' + 'update-alternatives --install /'
> + imagedest + '/' + type + ' ' + type + ' ' + type + '-
> ${KERNEL_VERSION_NAME} ' + priority + ' || true' + '\n'
> -        d.setVar('pkg_postinst_kernel-image-' + typelower, postinst)
> -
> -        postrm = '#!/bin/sh\n' + 'update-alternatives --remove' + '
> ' + type + ' ' + type + '-${KERNEL_VERSION_NAME} || true' + '\n'
> -        d.setVar('pkg_postrm_kernel-image-' + typelower, postrm)
> -
>      image = d.getVar('INITRAMFS_IMAGE')
>      if image:
>          d.appendVarFlag('do_bundle_initramfs', 'depends', '
> ${INITRAMFS_IMAGE}:do_image_complete')
> @@ -137,10 +130,6 @@ export CROSS_COMPILE = "${TARGET_PREFIX}"
>  export KBUILD_BUILD_USER = "oe-user"
>  export KBUILD_BUILD_HOST = "oe-host"
>  
> -KERNEL_PRIORITY ?= "${@int(d.getVar('PV').split('-
> ')[0].split('+')[0].split('.')[0]) * 10000 + \
> -                       int(d.getVar('PV').split('-
> ')[0].split('+')[0].split('.')[1]) * 100 + \
> -                       int(d.getVar('PV').split('-
> ')[0].split('+')[0].split('.')[-1])}"
> -
>  KERNEL_RELEASE ?= "${KERNEL_VERSION}"
>  
>  # The directory where built kernel lies in the kernel tree
> @@ -350,6 +339,7 @@ kernel_do_install() {
>  	install -d ${D}/boot
>  	for type in ${KERNEL_IMAGETYPES} ; do
>  		install -m 0644 ${KERNEL_OUTPUT_DIR}/${type}
> ${D}/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/${type}-${KERNEL_VERSION}
> +		ln -sf ${type}-${KERNEL_VERSION}
> ${D}/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/${type}
>  	done
>  	install -m 0644 System.map ${D}/boot/System.map-
> ${KERNEL_VERSION}
>  	install -m 0644 .config ${D}/boot/config-${KERNEL_VERSION}
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dtb.inc b/meta/recipes-
> kernel/linux/linux-dtb.inc
> index 0174c80d85..6e6f39e640 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dtb.inc
> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dtb.inc
> @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
>  # Support for device tree generation
> -FILES_kernel-devicetree = "/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/devicetree*"
> -
> -PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "virtual/update-alternatives-native"
> +FILES_kernel-devicetree = "/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/*.dtb
> /${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/*.dtbo"
>  
>  python __anonymous () {
>      d.appendVar("PACKAGES", " kernel-devicetree")
> @@ -36,12 +34,13 @@ do_install_append() {
>  	for DTB in ${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}; do
>  		DTB=`normalize_dtb "${DTB}"`
>  		DTB_EXT=${DTB##*.}
> +		DTB_PATH=`get_real_dtb_path_in_kernel "${DTB}"`
>  		DTB_BASE_NAME=`basename ${DTB} ."${DTB_EXT}"`
> +		install -m 0644 ${DTB_PATH}
> ${D}/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/${DTB_BASE_NAME}.${DTB_EXT}
>  		for type in ${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_FOR_MAKE}; do
>  			symlink_name=${type}"-
> "${KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME}
>  			DTB_SYMLINK_NAME=`echo ${symlink_name} | sed
> "s/${MACHINE}/${DTB_BASE_NAME}/g"`
> -			DTB_PATH=`get_real_dtb_path_in_kernel
> "${DTB}"`
> -			install -m 0644 ${DTB_PATH}
> ${D}/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/devicetree-${DTB_SYMLINK_NAME}.${DTB_EXT}
> +			ln -sf ${DTB_BASE_NAME}.${DTB_EXT}
> ${D}/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/devicetree-${DTB_SYMLINK_NAME}.${DTB_EXT}
>  		done
>  	done
>  }
> @@ -59,33 +58,6 @@ do_deploy_append() {
>  			DTB_PATH=`get_real_dtb_path_in_kernel
> "${DTB}"`
>  			install -d ${DEPLOYDIR}
>  			install -m 0644 ${DTB_PATH}
> ${DEPLOYDIR}/${DTB_NAME}.${DTB_EXT}
> -			ln -sf ${DTB_NAME}.${DTB_EXT}
> ${DEPLOYDIR}/${DTB_SYMLINK_NAME}.${DTB_EXT}
> -		done
> -	done
> -}
> -
> -pkg_postinst_kernel-devicetree () {
> -	cd /${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}
> -	for DTB in ${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}; do
> -		for type in ${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_FOR_MAKE}; do
> -			symlink_name=${type}"-
> "${KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME}
> -			DTB_EXT=${DTB##*.}
> -			DTB_BASE_NAME=`basename ${DTB}
> ."${DTB_EXT}"`
> -			DTB_SYMLINK_NAME=`echo ${symlink_name} | sed
> "s/${MACHINE}/${DTB_BASE_NAME}/g"`
> -			update-alternatives --install
> /${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/${DTB_BASE_NAME}.${DTB_EXT}
> ${DTB_BASE_NAME}.${DTB_EXT} devicetree-${DTB_SYMLINK_NAME}.${DTB_EXT} 
> ${KERNEL_PRIORITY} || true
> -		done
> -	done
> -}
> -
> -pkg_postrm_kernel-devicetree () {
> -	cd /${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}
> -	for DTB in ${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}; do
> -		for type in ${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_FOR_MAKE}; do
> -			symlink_name=${type}"-
> "${KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME}
> -			DTB_EXT=${DTB##*.}
> -			DTB_BASE_NAME=`basename ${DTB}
> ."${DTB_EXT}"`
> -			DTB_SYMLINK_NAME=`echo ${symlink_name} | sed
> "s/${MACHINE}/${DTB_BASE_NAME}/g"`
> -			update-alternatives --remove
> ${DTB_BASE_NAME}.${DTB_EXT} devicetree-${DTB_SYMLINK_NAME}.${DTB_EXT} 
> ${KERNEL_PRIORITY} || true
>  		done
>  	done
>  }
> -- 
> 2.14.1
> 



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