[yocto] preferred KERNEL_FEATURES format: netfilter or netfilter.scc?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Tue, 3 Mar 2015, Bruce Ashfield wrote:

> On 15-03-03 05:39 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > On Tue, 3 Mar 2015, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >    kernel dev manual uses the KERNEL_FEATURES format of:
> > >
> > >       KERNEL_FEATURES += "features/netfilter.scc"
> > >
> > > while ref manual variable glossary uses
> > >
> > >       KERNEL_FEATURES="features/netfilter"
> > >
> > > is there a preference for the usage of the .scc suffix? (i'm assuming
> > > they're both valid, i didn't actually check that. maybe i should check
> > > that ...)
> >
> >    hang on, i think there's an error in the docs ... if i check the
> > meta branch, i see that the actual structure for the netfilter feature
> > is "features/netfilter/netfilter.scc", so "features/netfilter.scc"
> > shouldn't even work, should it? historical remnant?
>
> It works, but it is an old shortcut that isn't emphasized or used.
> So yes, its a historical remnant, and explicit .scc references are
> preferred.

  wait ... just to be clear, you're saying that referring to a
features *directory* is a historical remnant? note above that i'm
asking about what appears to be a historical remnant where it looks
like netfilter used to be a .scc file directly under features/, now
it's in a subdirectory.

  as it stands now, it would *appear* that the statement:

  KERNEL_FEATURES += "features/netfilter.scc"

is simply wrong and can't possibly work, correct?

rday

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