[meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-arm-extra][PATCH] nitrogen6x.conf: Allow kernel provider override

Otavio Salvador otavio at ossystems.com.br
Wed Oct 30 07:10:55 PDT 2013


On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com> wrote:
> This change lets the user override the choice of kernel in local.conf
> Without it, there is no way to build any kernel, e.g. linux-imx, other
> than the linux-boundary version.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com>

I really dislike this.

I understand your need, and it is a valid one, but it'd be better you
to make a new machine (which includes this one) and override it there.

If we start allow all kind of override in machine configuration it
loses its meaning and complicates the support.

Eric? comments?

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