[yocto] Variable locality too restricted.

[Paul Eggleton]

On Wednesday 07 December 2011 06:52:25 Chris Larson wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 6:44 AM, David Nyström <David.Nystrom at enea.com> 
wrote:
> > I'm trying to create a setup for qemuppc.
> > 
> > Goals:
> > core-image-minimal + virtual/kernel.
> > core-image-minimal + virtual/kernel with modified .config for debug
> > flavoured kernel.
> > 
> > Problems:
> > PREFERRED_PROVIDER seems to be restricted to local.conf, distro and
> > machine.
> This is incorrect. It can be anywhere in the configuration metadata.
> bitbake.conf includes a variety of config files, not just
> distro/machine. Read that to see other existing files which get
> included. Further, you could create a .conf/.inc which you include
> from your machine .conf, if your goal is just to avoid duplication.

Changing MACHINE has other implications though; do we not have any other way 
to switch out the kernel on a per-image basis?

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre