[yocto] linux-yocto-rt and cgroups

[Paul D. DeRocco]

> From: Bruce Ashfield
> 
> There's no technical reason at all. In fact, pre 3.8 the -rt 
> kernel used
> to inherit more of the standard kernel's configuration and 
> hence enabled
> cgroups. In 3.8, we defined a new policy for the -rt kernel, that used
> parts of the standard kernel's configuration, but not all.
> 
> We can definitely add functionality to this baseline, and 
> I'll be adding
> more in the upcoming dev cycle for yocto 1.5.
> 
> In the meantime you can enable it, and let me know how it 
> goes. I can then
> update the -rt baseline config, knowing that someone else is 
> testing it
> too.
> 
> To enable it, create a linux-yocto_3.8.bbappend, and add:
> 
>   KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " features/cgroups/cgroups.scc"
> 
> And you'll get the same cgroups config that you have with the standard
> linux-yocto kernel.

Yes, that builds and boots fine (except it's linux-yocto-rt_3.8.bbappend).
Thanks a million.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
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