[oe] Added header file to linux kernel - how to export

[Aeschbacher, Fabrice]

Hi,

Your could put something like this:

do_stage_append() {
	cp ${S}/my_ioctl.h ${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}/include/linux
}

in your recipes/linux<xxx>.bb

With kind regards,
   Fabrice

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> [mailto:openembedded-devel-bounces at lists.openembedded.org] Im 
> Auftrag von Mats Kärrman
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. Juli 2011 15:57
> An: openembedded-devel at lists.openembedded.org
> Betreff: [oe] Added header file to linux kernel - how to export
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have made a patch to the linux kernel, involving adding 
> some ioctl's. Relevant definitions are in a .h file. Now I 
> need to access this .h file from another recipe (that builds 
> a utility using those ioctl's) but the headers in 
> sysroots/xxx-linux/usr/include are put there (by 
> linux-libc-headers?) long before the target Linux kernel is 
> patched and built.
> 
> I'm thinking about adding a do_install_append to the linux 
> recipe but that doesn't feel right. Neither does adding a 
> path from the util recipe build to the work folder of linux 
> kernel. Third alternative would be to build the driver as an 
> LKM but I really like to have it built into the kernel...
> 
> If any of you have some good advice here I would be very happy!
> 
> Best Regards,
> Mats
> 
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