[yocto] Copying the kernel in the poky directory

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 15-11-26 02:39 AM, Deepika Teriar wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am customizing yocto for beaglebone black
> I do not want my kernel to get downloaded from the git after I clean the
> build directory. So i have kept the linux-kernel directory with the name
> kernel-3.14.29 in the poky directory.
> And in the linux-yocto_3.14.bb <http://linux-yocto_3.14.bb> file i have
> changed SRC_URI *from:*
>
> SRC_URI =
> "git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto-3.14.git;bareclone=1;branch=${KBRANCH},${KMETA};name=machine,meta
> <http://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto-3.14.git;bareclone=1;branch=${KBRANCH},${KMETA};name=machine,meta>"
>
> *to :*
>
> SRC_URI = "file://${COREBASE}/kernel-3.14.29"
>
> On compiling core-image-minimal I am getting the following error
> *
> ERROR: ExpansionError during parsing
> /home/deepika/bbb/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.14.bb
> <http://linux-yocto_3.14.bb>: Failure expanding variable do_patch:
> ExpansionError: Failure expanding variable SRCPV, expression was
> ${@bb.fetch2.get_srcrev(d)} which triggered exception FetchError:
> Fetcher failure: SRCREV was used yet no valid SCM was found in SRC_URI
>
> *
> Can any one tell me the error?

You still need the git protocol, the fetcher can't determine what to
do with the SRCREV.

Try:

SRC_URI = 
"git://${COREBASE}/kernel-3.14.29;protocol=file;bareclone=1;branch=${KBRANCH},${KMETA};name=machine,meta"

Bruce

>
> Thanks
> Deepika
>
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