[yocto] trouble using a local kernel repo

[McClintock Matthew-B29882]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Hollis Blanchard
<hollis_blanchard at mentor.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how to use a cloned/modified copy of the
> linux-yocto-3.0 git repository. Here's what I did:
>
> * cloned linux-yocto-3.0.git and committed to the meta branch
> * specified my new repo:
>
> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.0.bb
> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.0.bb
> @@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ SRCREV_machine_qemuppc ?=
> "15fd748017f0849138ff4b47d73f6866fa26cfe8"
>  SRCREV_machine_qemux86 ?= "8f74a4339b3dc029fafff0ba7d88d6dc950d4b31"
>  SRCREV_machine_qemux86-64 ?= "610c5a62daeda033755b0b7bfcb3e2cad5c76f3f"
>  SRCREV_machine ?= "5df0b4c2538399aed543133b3855f809adf08ab8"
> -SRCREV_meta ?= "b78a519841bd8b477cad599af8d38df6760445c1"
> +SRCREV_meta ?= "7af8d6f8769335b79c1b76c8bded256b8f909c74"
>
>  PR = "r3"
>  PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCPV}"
>
> -SRC_URI =
> "git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto-3.0;protocol=git;nocheckout=1;branch=${KBRANCH},meta
> +SRC_URI =
> "git:///mnt/linux-yocto-3.0.git;protocol=file;nocheckout=1;branch=${KBRANCH},meta;name=machi
>
>  COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(qemuarm|qemux86|qemuppc|qemumips|qemux86-64)"
>
> * bitbake -c clean virtual/kernel&&  bitbake virtual/kernel
>
>
> What I get is this:
> ERROR: Function failed: do_validate_branches (see
> /mnt/poky.git/build/tmp/work/beagleboard-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto-3.0.18+git2+7af8d6f8769335b79c1b76c8bded256b8f909c74_1+368e38c673ffac8b37fc2a2d4c1e4a1e6f8abf19-r3/temp/log.do_validate_branches.5342
> for further information)
>
> There is no more information in that file. It contains only the exact
> message I already got on the console ("ERROR: Function failed ...").
>
> What am I missing?
> http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/kernel-manual/kernel-manual.html
> was not helpful.

Not much help but you can look in:

meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass:do_validate_branches() {

And try to figure out which step could return an error code to the shell.

-M