[oe] How update kernel recipe?

[Koen Kooi]

Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
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> I have built "gpe-image" for AT91SAM9263EK
> after fixing libsvg-cairo manually due to the LT_VERSION problem.
>
> I would like to upgrade the kernel for AT91SAM9263EK.
> I created a recipe for linux-2.6.25.10 called
> "packages/linux/linux-atmel_2.6.25.10.bb" (found below)

Yuck! There is *absolutely* no need to define 
linux-we-are-so-cool-we-have-our-company-name-the-kernel-recipe-filename.bb 
files, you should be perfectly able to reuse the linux_2.6.25 recipe, as 
avr32 already does.

> with DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_at91sam9263ek = "30"
>
> 2.6.25.10 is properly built when I run:
> $ bitbake -b linux-atmel
>
> When I run
> $ bitbake -b gpe-image
> it still builds "packages/linux/linux_2.6.20.bb"
> with DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_at91sam9263ek = "20"
>
> The at91sam9263ek.conf file says:
> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux"
>
> I have been trying to figure out how the recipe selection
> process works, and I assume that all bb files starting
> with "linux" will be considered, and then the
> highest DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_<machine> will be used
> to select linux.
>
> This obviously is not correct, since 2.6.20 is built.
>
> Do I need to change PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel
> to "linux-atmel"?
> In that case, why?
>
>
>
> "conf/machine/at91wsam9263ek.conf"
> ===================================================================
> #@TYPE: Machine
> #@Name: Atmel AT91SAM9263EK Development Platform
> #@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for the at91sam9263ek development
> board with a at91sam9263 processor
>
> TARGET_ARCH = "arm"
> PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS = "armv4t armv5te"
>
> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux"
> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_xserver = "xserver-kdrive"
>
> #don't try to access tty1
> USE_VT = "0"
>
> MACHINE_FEATURES = "kernel26 alsa ext2 usbhost usbgadget screen"
>
> # used by sysvinit_2
> SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS0"
> IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "jffs2"
> EXTRA_IMAGECMD_jffs2 = "--pad --little-endian --eraseblock=0x20000 -n"
>
> require conf/machine/include/tune-arm926ejs.inc
>
> KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "uImage"
>
>
> packages/linux/linux-atmel_2.6.25.10.bb
> =================================================================
> require linux.inc
>
> DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
> DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_at91sam9rl64ek = "30"
> DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_at91sam9263ek = "30"
> DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_at91sam9261ek = "30"
> DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_at91sam9260ek = "30"
> DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_at91cap9adk = "30"
> DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_kb9202 = "30"
> DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_at32stk1000 = "2"
> DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_atngw100 = "1"
>
> BASE_KERNEL_VERSION = "2.6.25"
> KERNEL_VERSION = "2.6.25.10"
> KERNEL_RELEASE = "2.6.25.10"
>
> PR = "r2"
>
> SRC_URI =
> "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-${BASE_KERNEL_VERSION}.tar.bz2
>
> \
>
> ${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-${KERNEL_VERSION}.bz2;patch=1
>
> \
> ~ "
>
> SRC_URI_append_at91sam9rl64ek = "
> http://maxim.org.za/AT91RM9200/2.6/2.6.25-at91.patch.gz;patch=1 \
> file://defconfig \
> ~ "
>
> SRC_URI_append_at91sam9263ek = "
> http://maxim.org.za/AT91RM9200/2.6/2.6.25-at91.patch.gz;patch=1 \
> file://defconfig \
> ~ "
>
> SRC_URI_append_at91sam9261ek = "
> http://maxim.org.za/AT91RM9200/2.6/2.6.25-at91.patch.gz;patch=1 \
> file://defconfig \
> ~ "
>
> SRC_URI_append_at91sam9260ek = "
> http://maxim.org.za/AT91RM9200/2.6/2.6.25-at91.patch.gz;patch=1 \
> file://defconfig \
> ~ "
>
> SRC_URI_append_at91cap9adk = "
> http://maxim.org.za/AT91RM9200/2.6/2.6.25-at91.patch.gz;patch=1 \
> file://defconfig \
> ~ "
>
> SRC_URI_append_kb9202 = "
> http://maxim.org.za/AT91RM9200/2.6/2.6.25-at91.patch.gz;patch=1 \
> file://defconfig \
> ~ "
>
> SRC_URI_append_at32stk1000 = " \
> http://avr32linux.org/twiki/pub/Main/LinuxPatches/linux-2.6.25.10.atmel.2.patch.bz2;patch=1
>
> \
> file://defconfig \
> "
> SRC_URI_append_atngw100 = " \
> http://avr32linux.org/twiki/pub/Main/LinuxPatches/linux-2.6.25.10.atmel.2.patch.bz2;patch=1
>
> \
> file://defconfig \
> "
>
> S = "${WORKDIR}/linux-${KERNEL_VERSION}"
>
> packages/linux/linux_2.6.20.bb
> =================================================================
> require linux.inc
>
> DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_at91sam9263ek = "20"
> DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_at91sam9261ek = "20"
> DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_at91sam9260ek = "20"
>
> PR = "r8"
>
> SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
> ~ file://defconfig"
>
> SRC_URI_append_n2100 = "\
> file://n2100-r8169-parity.patch;patch=1 \
> file://rtc-rs5c372-n2100.patch;patch=1 \
> "
>
> SRC_URI_append_at91sam9263ek = " \
>
> http://maxim.org.za/AT91RM9200/2.6/${PV}-at91.patch.gz;patch=1 \
>
> http://www.at91.com/repFichier/Project-217/linux-${PV}-at91-exp.diff.bz2;patch=1
>
> \
> ~ "
> SRC_URI_append_at91sam9261ek = " \
>
> http://maxim.org.za/AT91RM9200/2.6/${PV}-at91.patch.gz;patch=1 \
>
> http://www.at91.com/repFichier/Project-217/linux-${PV}-at91-exp.diff.bz2;patch=1
>
> \
> ~ "
> SRC_URI_append_at91sam9260ek = " \
>
> http://maxim.org.za/AT91RM9200/2.6/${PV}-at91.patch.gz;patch=1 \
>
> http://www.at91.com/repFichier/Project-217/linux-${PV}-at91-exp.diff.bz2;patch=1
>
> \
> ~ "
>
>
>
>
> BR
> Ulf Samuelsson
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