[oe] Amend recipes which do not contain a (new) target machine in COMPATIBLE_MACHINE

[Koen Kooi]

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On 08-06-11 13:44, Hauser, Wolfgang (external) wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I added a new machine definition for our hardware (hardware is almost
> like beagleboard xM) and want to add the specific patches and
> configurations by using the amend class in my additional layer.
> 
> If I amend the kernel recipe (linux-omap-psp_2.6.32.bb) for machines
> contained in COMPATIBLE_MACHINE, the amend.inc is found and my
> amendments are done well (for omap3evm and beagleboard).
> 
> If I want to build the kernel for my machine, the kernel recipe
> linux-omap-psp_2.6.32.bb was skipped in case of not containing my new
> machine in COMPATIBLE_MACHINE and the wrong kernel is build.
> 
> I need only a view additions to the linux-omap-psp-2.6.32 kernel so I
> don't want to copy the original recipe into my layer and change it. I
> have to build my system for omap3evm, beagleboard and our specific
> hardware.
> 
> Is there a possibility to avoid the skipping of the kernel recipe for a
> machine not contained in COMPATIBLE_MACHINE ? Or add the machine for
> amending somewhere ?

Stupid question: why not send patches to add your machine to OE?
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