[oe-users] local.conf seems to be ignored.

[Aeschbacher, Fabrice]

Hi,

I'm new to OpenEmbedded, and I am trying to create a configuration for a
new hardware.

- I created following files:
   . /stuff/build/conf/local.conf
   . /stuff/org.openembedded.dev/conf/machine/cosix.conf
   . /stuff/org.openembedded.dev/conf/machine/cosix.conf

- I defined following values in build/conf/local.conf:
  MACHINE = "cosix"
  TARGET_OS = "linux"
  DISTRO = "cosix"

- I want to compile for an x86 processor

I have a few questions:

- After running 'bitbake bootstrap-image', bitbake is trying to download
a lot of things. Since we are behind a proxy which doesn't allow access
to any ftp:/ , how is it possible to force bitbake to use for example
GNU_MIRROR = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu"? I tried to changes this in
/stuff/org.openembedded.dev/conf/bitbake.conf, but bitbake keeps trying
downloading from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu

- bitbake decided to use the kernel 2.6.18. How can I tell him to use a
given kernel, for example 2.6.23.9, or even my-kernel.tgz ?

- where do I put the kernel .config file I want to use?

- How can I find a list of all available targets for bitbake?

- Is is possible to use the compiler already installed on the BUILD
computer? We are actually using Debian Sarge and Etch.

Best regards,
Fabrice Aeschbacher