[yocto] bbappend - Where should my file be?

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 11-08-12 04:20 AM, Chris Tapp wrote:
> Scott / Bruce,
>
>
> On 12 Aug 2011, at 00:57, Scott Garman wrote:
>
>>
>>> cp: cannot stat
>>> `/home/chris/yocto/yocto-versions/laverne-4.0.1/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/defconfig':
>>>
>>> No such file or directory
>>
>> It looks like this is where the file is expected.
>>
>> I believe also meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux/defconfig should also
>> work.
>
> I should have mentioned that ;-) As the bbappend file is in my layer, I
> was expecting (and want) the defconfig file to be stored/found in it. I
> created this layer by copying another one that I've got. It's unpack log
> shows:

hah. For some reason that flew right over my head. Must be
the 500 email I read a day :)

>
> NOTE: Unpacking
> /home/chris/yocto/yocto-downloads/git_git.pokylinux.org.linux-2.6-windriver.git.tar.gz
> to
> /home/chris/yocto/sjs-build/tmp/work/LX800-poky-linux/linux-wrs-2.6.34+git0+b67e060194a38c6331da1532bd06446087a42b3b_0+0431115c9d720fee5bb105f6a7411efb4f851d26-r12/
>
> NOTE: Unpacking
> /home/chris/yocto/meta-keylevel-sjs/recipes/linux/linux-wrs/defconfig to
> /home/chris/yocto/sjs-build/tmp/work/LX800-poky-linux/linux-wrs-2.6.34+git0+b67e060194a38c6331da1532bd06446087a42b3b_0+0431115c9d720fee5bb105f6a7411efb4f851d26-r12/
>

That does look right!

>
> I suspect I've got something configured wrong with the new layer, but...
>
> On 12 Aug 2011, at 01:28, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
>
>>> I believe also meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux/defconfig should also
>>> work.
>>
>> Yep, bitbake is telling us where it is looking. The -wrs_git is the
>> extension to the recipe, so that isn't where it is looking.
>
> Sorry Bruce, that was a typo (see working log above for a layer that
> works). I've tried using:
>
> MyLayer/recipies/linux/defconfig
> MyLayer/recipies/linux/files/defconfig (with no FILESEXTRAPATHS)
> MyLayer/recipies/linux/linux-wrs/defconfig
>
>> On another note, there's been a lot of fixes to the kern tools to
>> improve the process for adding BSPs and extending the tree (and
>> one defconfig bug fix), so I'll be interested to hear how this
>> goes.
>
> I'm planning to give it a try after the next release. I'm currently just
> trying to migrate an existing (4.0.1) project to a new platform and
> decided to add a new layer rather than change version at the same time.

Sounds good.

Bruce

>
> Chris Tapp
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