[yocto] Kernel config fragments are not applied

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 14-04-30 06:24 AM, Neuer User wrote:
> Hi Bruce
>
> Have you got any further?

Your timing is good. I was preeempted by another issue yesterday, but
I have the fsl-imx layers cloned and am about to start a build. I'll
send a follow up when I know more.

Bruce

>
> 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.
>>>
>>
>
>