[yocto] how the &^$%^%@%^#$ does "file://defconfig" work?

[Rifenbark, Scott M]

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>From: yocto-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto-
>bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Robert P. J. Day
>Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 4:51 AM
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>Subject: [yocto] how the &^$%^%@%^#$ does "file://defconfig" work?
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>
>  been fighting with this for a couple of hours, so i'll start with
>the short version -- here's the current explanation for "Changing the
>Configuration" of your kernel:
>
>http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/kernel-dev/kernel-
>dev.html#changing-the-configuration
>
>  the salient bit:
>
>"If you have a complete Linux kernel .config file you want to use,
>copy it to a directory named files, which must be in your layer's
>recipes-kernel/linux directory, and name the file "defconfig"."
>
>  first, that clearly suggests that file://defconfig is to be used
>*only* when you have a complete .config file you want to use, which
>also implies that if you use that, you should not be picking up any
>other snippets. that's how i read that -- the use of
>"file://defconfig" means that that is *exactly* the final form of my
>eventual .config file. if that's not true, then that wording needs to
>change.
>
>  also, i've been trying to do just that for a couple hours now, and i
>am definitely *not* getting that as my final .config file used for the
>kernel configuration. so what should be happening here? thanks.
>
>rday
>
>p.s. as i have some spare time between contracts at the moment, i am
>going to be going over some of the yocto docs in excruciating detail.
>somewhere, scott rifenbark is now thinking, "oh, crap, ..."

Your feedback always improves things Robert... no problems.


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