[OE-core] [PATCH v3][master-next] kernel: use olddefconfig as the primary target for KERNEL_CONFIG_COMMAND

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 2018-10-30 3:46 PM, Andre McCurdy wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 12:05 PM Bruce Ashfield
> <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com> wrote:
>>
>> As was warned by commit 312ee68752fa [kconfig: announce removal of
>> oldnoconfig if used], oldnoconfig has been removed from the 4.20 kernel.
>>
>> So we switch our default mode to olddefconfig.
>>
>> commit fb16d8912 [kconfig: replace 'oldnoconfig' with 'olddefconfig',
>> and keep the old name as an alias] introduced olddefconfig in the 3.10
>> kernel, we shuffle oldnoconfig to the fallback target.
>>
>> The fallback mode allows kernels between 3.10 and the currently listed
>> oldest kernel of 3.2 to continue to configure.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com>
>> ---
>>
>> v3: dropped 'yes' from the pipeline
>>
>> v2: Tweaked to add a fallback mode as suggested by Andre McCurdy
>>
>> Not for the release, just wanted to get this in the queue for
>> when master reopens so we'll be ready for 4.20+ kernel versions
>>
>> Tested by configuring linux-yocto*
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>>   meta/classes/kernel.bbclass | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
>> index e04d2fe00434..880c5ef17283 100644
>> --- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
>> +++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
>> @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ sysroot_stage_all () {
>>          :
>>   }
>>
>> -KERNEL_CONFIG_COMMAND ?= "oe_runmake_call -C ${S} CC="${KERNEL_CC}" O=${B} oldnoconfig"
>> +KERNEL_CONFIG_COMMAND ?= "oe_runmake_call -C ${S} CC="${KERNEL_CC}" O=${B} olddefconfig || oe_runmake -C ${S} O=${B} CC="${KERNEL_CC}" oldnoconfig"
> 
> Apart from inexplicably swapping the positions of the O= and CC=
> options on the fallback command line (?!?), this version looks good.

never noticed :) I just cut and pasted it differently. I'll spare
everyone a v4 for that!

Bruce

> 
>>   python check_oldest_kernel() {
>>       oldest_kernel = d.getVar('OLDEST_KERNEL')
>> --
>> 2.5.0
>>
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