[yocto] Copying the kernel in the poky directory

[Daniel.]

A suggestion,

Fork the wanted kernel tree and add a .bbappend at a custom layer.
This way you can follow forked kernel updates and keep poky recipes
clean.

If you insist to keep things local, maybe this helps:
http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#local-projects

Regards,
- dhs

2015-11-27 4:55 GMT-02:00 Deepika Teriar <deepteriar at gmail.com>:
> Hi Bruce
>
> It was not successful. Its giving me a fetcher failure.
>
> WARNING: Failed to fetch URL
> ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/b/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.29.tar.gz,
> attempting MIRRORS if available
> WARNING: Failed to fetch URL
> git:///home/deepika/bbb/poky/kernel-3.14.29;protocol=file;bareclone=1;branch=standard/common-pc/base,meta;name=machine,meta,
> attempting MIRRORS if available
> ERROR: Fetcher failure: Fetch command failed with exit code 128, output:
> Cloning into bare repository
> '/home/deepika/bbb/poky/build/downloads/git2/.home.deepika.bbb.poky.kernel-3.14.29'...
>
> error: object directory
> /home/deepika/bbb/poky/build/downloads/git2/git.yoctoproject.org.linux-yocto-3.14.git/objects
> does not exist; check .git/objects/info/alternates.
> fatal: git upload-pack: cannot find object
> dbe5b52e93ff114b2c0f5da6f6af91f52c18f2b8:
> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
>
> ERROR: Function failed: Fetcher failure for URL:
> 'git:///home/deepika/bbb/poky/kernel-3.14.29;protocol=file;bareclone=1;branch=standard/common-pc/base,meta;name=machine,meta'.
> Unable to fetch URL from any source.
> ERROR: Logfile of failure stored in:
> /home/deepika/bbb/poky/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/linux-yocto/3.14.29+gitAUTOINC+6eddbf4787_f6aa7aaca8-r0/temp/log.do_fetch.26206
> ERROR: Task 75
> (/home/deepika/bbb/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.14.bb,
> do_fetch) failed with exit code '1'
>
> Can anyone help
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Bruce Ashfield
> <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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