[linux-yocto] v3.8 kernel recipes in meta-intel

[Kamble, Nitin A]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Ashfield [mailto:bruce.ashfield at windriver.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 9:50 AM
> To: Kamble, Nitin A
> Cc: linux-yocto at yoctoproject.org
> Subject: Re: v3.8 kernel recipes in meta-intel
> 
> On 13-03-05 12:35 PM, Kamble, Nitin A wrote:
> >>>
> >>> So the topic branch commit is present much deeper in the branch with
> >> different commit-id.
> >>> May be merging of the emgd branch resulted it. Is it issue with the
> >>> emgd branch rebased to an undesired point?
> >>
> >> It shouldn't be. That commit shouldn't be present in the repository
> >> at all (it isn't in mine). The emgd branches are off master, same
> >> repo and can't bring in something like this.
> >
> > Right. I think it got placed there after merge with the emgd branch
> > done by the kernel-tools.
> 
> That doesn't make sense either. The merge of the emgd branch is just the git
> merge of a locally staged branch in the linux-yocto repository.
> That commit you reference shouldn't be in the emgd branch, or any branch if
> a clean linux-yocto-3.8 tree is being used.

Right, so the kernl tools are producing unwanted state of the topic branch when
emgd branch is considered. And I guess you would know better why kernl tools are doing it.

Nitin


> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bruce
> 
> >
> >>
> >> So something is getting tied in a knot when the repository is fetched
> >> into the source dir.
> >
> > I don't see any issue with the fetch. As noemgd BSPs are working as
> expected.
> >
> >>
> >> For your builds that work, do you have that commit present ?
> >>
> >
> > The emenlow-noemgd build sees the right HEAD commit. So the issue is
> > definitely something to do with the merge with the emgd branch.
> >
> > Nitin
> >
> >