[yocto] [meta-fsl-ppc master] perf_3.4.bbappend: task oe_runmake: failed

[McClintock Matthew-B29882]

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Bruce Ashfield
<bruce.ashfield at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 3:38 AM,  <b40290 at freescale.com> wrote:
>> From: Chunrong Guo <b40290 at freescale.com>
>>
>>       fix perf ERROR: oe_runmake failed
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chunrong Guo <b40290 at freescale.com>
>> ---
>>  .../perf/files/define-attribute-const.patch        |   13 +++++++++++++
>>  recipes-append/perf/perf_3.4.bbappend              |    7 +++++++
>>  2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 recipes-append/perf/files/define-attribute-const.patch
>>  create mode 100644 recipes-append/perf/perf_3.4.bbappend
>>
>
> Out of curiosity .. why not patch the FSL kernel itself ? That's where the
> source for perf comes from, and that will ensure any perf recipe will build
> when that kernel source is used. We've been fixing perf issues within the
> linux-yocto repo for some time, that way the changes are matched to the
> kernel that has the problem, not the layer + toolchain which can have a
> changing kernel underneath it.
>
> Just a random question.

I agree. But, for the already released kernel already on
git.freescale.com we will need these patches.

Chunrong,

Please send a pull request to our linux tree maintainer to get these
patches added to our next kernel.

-M