[oe] Machine Configuration

[Gary Thomas]

On 2011-10-20 11:45, Russell Morris wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to do some builds for an am3517-evm ... but the machine configuration doesn't seem to be working (or I'm doing it wrong, more likely ... :-().
>
> I have successfully built console-image for qemuarm, and then use oebb.sh to set the machine (to am3517-evm, followed bu ./oebb.sh update) - but then when I try to build for this machine I see the following ...
>
> OE Build Configuration:
> BB_VERSION        = "1.13.3"
> TARGET_ARCH       = "arm"
> TARGET_OS         = "linux-gnueabi"
> MACHINE           = "qemuarm"
> DISTRO            = "angstrom"
> DISTRO_VERSION    = "v2011.10-core"
> TUNE_FEATURES     = "armv5 dsp thumb arm926ejs"
> TARGET_FPU        = "soft"
>
> So it's still building for qemuarm, not am3517-evm ... :-(. Is anyone else having this issue? Any suggestions of how to fix this?

You need to always specify MACHINE="am3517-evm" on your command line, e.g.
   % MACHINE="am3517-evm" bitbake systemd-image

Alternatively, you can add just a single line to conf/local.conf
and then it will be "sticky"

-- 
------------------------------------------------------------
Gary Thomas                 |  Consulting for the
MLB Associates              |    Embedded world
------------------------------------------------------------