[yocto] Kernel config fragments are not applied

[Neuer User]

Hi Bruce

Have you got any further?

I currently use a "defconfig" replacement, but honestly, it feels very
dumb. Fragments seem to be much smarter to combine and test different
configurations.

Cheers

Michael

Am 28.04.2014 15:37, schrieb Bruce Ashfield:
> On 14-04-28 09:35 AM, Neuer User wrote:
>> Am 28.04.2014 15:16, schrieb Bruce Ashfield:
>>> It all depends on how adventurous you are today :) Using a defconfig
>>> will work, and you can generate one without much trouble. Using
>>> fragments will allow you to keep your changes separate from the
>>> baseline configuration, but you'll need to tweak the recipe .. which
>>> always carries a risk of some unexpected side effects.
>>>
>>> I'm around to help regardless of which way you chose.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>
>> Well, I looked at the linux-yocto file and tried a couple of
>> combinations in my bbappend. All of them geenrated lots of different
>> errors.
> 
> If you send me pointers to your bblayers and local.conf settings, I'll
> run a build to see what happens here as well.
> 
> I'm always interested in tracking these down regardless.
> 
> Bruce
> 
>>
>> e.g. I used:
>>
>> FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}-${PV}:"
>>
>> COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_cubox-i = "(cubox-i)"
>>
>> SRC_URI += "file://videoin.cfg"
>>
>> addtask kernel_configme before do_configure after do_patch
>>
>> # Pick up shared functions
>> inherit kernel
>> inherit kernel-yocto
>> #require linux-dtb.inc
>>
>> # extra tasks
>> addtask kernel_configcheck after do_configure before do_compile
>>
>>
>> The error messages are too long to include here :-/
>>
>> Guess, it is probably best to go the defconfig way.
>>
>