[yocto] linux-yocto-custom error on do_validate_branches()

[Bruce Ashfield]

On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Carlo Caione <carlo.caione at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> to build the v3.8.13 kernel I'm using the linux-yocto-custom recipe as
> following:
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> inherit kernel
> require recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
>
> SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;protocol=git;nocheckout=1"

Linus's repo doesn't have 3.8.13:

> git show dbf932a9b316d5b29b3e220e5a30e7a165ad2992
fatal: bad object dbf932a9b316d5b29b3e220e5a30e7a165ad2992

You need Greg's -stable tree:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git

> git show dbf932a9b316d5b29b3e220e5a30e7a165ad2992
commit dbf932a9b316d5b29b3e220e5a30e7a165ad2992
Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Sat May 11 13:57:46 2013 -0700

    Linux 3.8.13

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 902974f..183eff3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 VERSION = 3
 PATCHLEVEL = 8
-SUBLEVEL = 12
+SUBLEVEL = 13
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Displaced Humerus Anterior



> SRC_URI += "file://defconfig"
> SRC_URI += "file://0001-kernel-rskrza1_rzlspv0.patch"
>
> LINUX_VERSION ?= "3.8.13"
> LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION ?= "-custom"
>
> SRCREV="dbf932a9b316d5b29b3e220e5a30e7a165ad2992"
>
> PR = "r1"
> PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCPV}"
>
> COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "rsr972"
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> the problem is that bitbake returns an error:
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> ERROR: Function failed: do_validate_branches (see
> /home/carlo/work/RSR/yocto/build/tmp/work/rsr972-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto-custom/3.8.13+gitAUTOINC+dbf932a9b316d5b29b3e220e5a30e7a165ad2992-r1/temp/log.do_validate_branches.7939
> for further information)
> ERROR: Logfile of failure stored in:
> /home/carlo/work/RSR/yocto/build/tmp/work/rsr972-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto-custom/3.8.13+gitAUTOINC+dbf932a9b316d5b29b3e220e5a30e7a165ad2992-r1/temp/log.do_validate_branches.7939
> Log data follows:
> | DEBUG: Executing shell function do_validate_branches
> | error: no such commit dbf932a9b316d5b29b3e220e5a30e7a165ad2992
> | usage: git branch [options] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged]
> |    or: git branch [options] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
> |    or: git branch [options] [-r] (-d | -D) <branchname>...
> |    or: git branch [options] (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
> |
> | Generic options
> |     -v, --verbose         show hash and subject, give twice for
> upstream branch
> |     -t, --track           set up tracking mode (see git-pull(1))
> |     --set-upstream        change upstream info
> |     --color[=<when>]      use colored output
> |     -r, --remotes         act on remote-tracking branches
> |     --contains <commit>   print only branches that contain the commit
> |     --abbrev[=<n>]        use <n> digits to display SHA-1s
> |
> | Specific git-branch actions:
> |     -a, --all             list both remote-tracking and local branches
> |     -d, --delete          delete fully merged branch
> |     -D                    delete branch (even if not merged)
> |     -m, --move            move/rename a branch and its reflog
> |     -M                    move/rename a branch, even if target exists
> |     --list                list branch names
> |     -l, --create-reflog   create the branch's reflog
> |     --edit-description    edit the description for the branch
> |     -f, --force           force creation (when already exists)
> |     --no-merged <commit>  print only not merged branches
> |     --merged <commit>     print only merged branches
> |
> | ERROR: SRCREV was set to "dbf932a9b316d5b29b3e220e5a30e7a165ad2992",
> but no branches
> |        contain this commit
> | ERROR: Function failed: do_validate_branches (see
> /home/carlo/work/RSR/yocto/build/tmp/work/rsr972-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto-custom/3.8.13+gitAUTOINC+dbf932a9b316d5b29b3e220e5a30e7a165ad2992-r1/temp/log.do_validate_branches.7939
> for further information)
> ERROR: Task 0 (/home/carlo/work/RSR/yocto/meta-renesas/meta-rsr972/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-custom.bb,
> do_validate_branches) failed with exit code '1'
> -------------------------------
>
> Actally the SHA is valid since using the Linus repo I have
>
> ~/work/linux-stable(branch:master) » git branch --contains
> dbf932a9b316d5b29b3e220e5a30e7a165ad2992
>   linux-3.8.y
>
> what's the problem with the recipe?

Your upstream. The one in ~/work/linux-stable isn't Linus's tree :){

Bruce

>
> Thank you,
>
> --
> Carlo Caione
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