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

[Paul Barker]

On Mon, 30 May 2016 20:58:53 +0300
Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:

> On May 30, 2016 1:09 AM, "Paul Barker" <paul at paulbarker.me.uk> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 29 May 2016 21:20:21 +0300
> > Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On May 29, 2016 9:00 AM, "Paul Barker" <paul at paulbarker.me.uk>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > PV is now set in each version of the linux-raspberrypi recipe
> > > > instead of
> > > in
> > > > linux-raspberrypi.inc. This allows linux-raspberrypi.inc to be
> > > > used in
> > > custom
> > > > kernel recipes in another layer which require a different PV
> > > > value.
> > >
> > > You  can also use weak define. Instead of duplicated value in each
> > > recipe
> >
> > Weak define doesn't work here as PV is already weakly defined based
> > on the recipe filename and that's what we're trying to override. We
> > end up with PV values like "4.1" instead of "4.1.21+git..." if "?="
> > is used.
> 
> What issue do we have if we ask custom recipes to define LINUX_VERSION

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.

Thanks,
Paul Barker