[meta-virtualization] [PATCH 1/4] vgabios : extract biossums tool and build it separately, native

[Christopher Clark]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 1:18 PM, Christopher Clark
<christopher.w.clark at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 5:54 AM, Bruce Ashfield
> <bruce.ashfield at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 2:43 AM, Christopher Clark
>> <christopher.w.clark at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 7:42 PM, Bruce Ashfield
>>> <bruce.ashfield at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 1:08 AM, <christopher.w.clark at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> From: Christopher Clark <christopher.clark6 at baesystems.com>
>>> >>
>>> >> The biossums tool is used to generate the vgabios build product.
>>> >>
>>> >> This patch:
>>> >> * adds a separate recipe "biossums" for the tool
>>> >> * makes the vgabios recipe depend upon biossums-native
>>> >> * makes the vgabios recipe use the native binary rather than a locally
>>> >> built one
>
>>> >> +
>>> >> +do_compile() {
>>> >> +    oe_runmake clean
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > What actually happens if the clean isn't run before each compile ?

I figured it out: a 32-bit biossums binary is distributed inside the
upstream source tarball, and make decides that it doesn't need to
rebuild it since the timestamp is newer than the source code file.

I think that makes the "clean" seem like a reasonable step to put
before compile.

Christopher