[yocto] [meta-raspberrypi][PATCH 1/6] linux-raspberrypi: Allow override of PV

[Ionel Badisor]

On 06/01/2016 08:55 PM, Paul Barker wrote:
> On Tue, 31 May 2016 10:39:03 +0300
> Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On May 30, 2016 3:15 PM, "Paul Barker" <paul at paulbarker.me.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm trying to build from a source archive instead of a git
>>> repository (to avoid a ~1.3GB git clone operation) so the use of
>>> ${SRCPV} is causing me trouble.
>>>
>>
>> Can you override the whole PV
>
> I've given this another look and I can get the recipe to parse if I
> require linux-raspberrypi.inc before setting PV instead of afterwards.
> However do_kernel_configme then gets confused looking for a
> "standard/raspberrypi" configuration. It only works if I modify
> linux-raspberrypi.inc as per my patch and set PV before requiring that
> include file.
>
> I'm starting to think that I might be doing something wrong here - is
> there a supported way to build a kernel from an archive instead of a
> git repository within OE?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul Barker
>
Are you trying to avoid repeated cloning operation to save bandwith and 
time or you are trying to save disk space?