[oe] How update kernel recipe?

[Koen Kooi]

Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
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> Koen Kooi skrev:
> | Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
> | 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.
> |
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> You do not need to edit (and possibly destroy)
> work done and used by others, but I do not have any problem
> with using the linux_2.6.25 recipe, except is is 2.6.25
> and not 2.6.25.10.
>
> The AVR32 should be updated to patch with 2.6.25.10 as well...

2.6.25.10 for avr32 results in an unbootable kernel, so I'm leaving it 
at 2.6.25.6 as it is currently.



>
> If you have a number of linux_<version>, some with and some
> without support for your board, then it is harder to
> get an overview which kernels are supported.
>
> Drawback would be if you lose out on interesting features
> added by others by using a proprietary recipe.
>
> Very few machines seems to use the vanilla linux.
> Is there any move to merge current boards into vanilla linux_<version> ?
>
>
> BR
> Ulf Samuelsson
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