selecting custom kernel for image

[Edward K Chien]

Hi,

I'm trying to build the generic distro with my own custom kernel.  I  
copied over the conf/distro/generic.conf and created my own distro's  
foo.conf file.  I've tried adding my kernel by adding this line to my  
foo.conf file.

$ PERFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-rbn"

But when I build, I see that 'linux-x86' and 'linux-epia' are  
preferred over my 'linux-rbn'.  Is there a simple way I can force it  
to use my specific kernel?  BTW, my MACHINE is specified as 'i586- 
generic' and I also did go in there and changed its  
PERFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel to my kernel too.  And no dice.

$ RBOS-PC-12:/local/base$ bitbake virtual/kernel -D |grep linux-rbn
$ DEBUG: Removing /local/base/oe/packages/linux/linux-rbn_2.6.21.bb  
from cache
$ DEBUG: Parsing /local/base/oe/packages/linux/linux- 
rbn_2.6.21.bbDEBUG: providers for virtual/kernel are: ['linux-x86',  
'linux-epia', 'linux-rbn', 'linux-bd-neon-2.6', 'linux']
$ DEBUG: sorted providers for virtual/kernel are: ['/local/base/oe/ 
packages/linux/linux-x86_2.6.20.bb', '/local/base/oe/packages/linux/ 
linux-epia_2.6.19.2.bb', '/local/base/oe/packages/linux/linux- 
rbn_2.6.21.bb', '/local/base/oe/packages/linux/linux-bd- 
neon-2.6_2.6.22.bb', '/local/base/oe/packages/linux/linux_2.6.21.bb']
$ NOTE: multiple providers are available for virtual/kernel (linux- 
x86, linux-epia, linux-rbn, linux-bd-neon-2.6, linux);

I guess, for now, I'll have to walk through the code and figure out  
how OE sets this variable.

Eddie