[yocto] tiny-linux distribution with raspberrypi error

[Michael Gloff]

This looks to be because poky-tiny.conf does not allow overriding of the
kernel provider. You could try the below patch to use a different kernel.

Michael Gloff

diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
index 2032bfde32..acafd9fef4 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ TCLIBC = "musl"

 # Distro config is evaluated after the machine config, so we have to
explicitly
 # set the kernel provider to override a machine config.
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto-tiny"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto-tiny"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto-tiny ?= "4.12%"

 # We can use packagegroup-core-boot, but in the future we may need a new
packagegroup-core-tiny


On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 7:05 PM, Sherif Omran <sherifomran2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> hi
>
> i am trying to compile the yocto-tiny for raspberry pi by adding the
> distro to my local.conf
>
> DISTRO = "poky-tiny"  and i  get the following
>
>
> ERROR: nothing provides 'virtual/kernel'
> ERROR: linux-yocto-tiny Provides virtual/kernel but was skipped:
> incompatible with machine raspberrypi0-wifi (not in compatible_machine)
> ERROR: linux-yocto-rt Provides virtual/kernel but was skipped:
> incompatible with machine raspberrypi0-wifi (not in compatible_machine)
> ERROR: linux-yocto Provides virtual/kernel but was skipped: incompatible
> with machine raspberrypi0-wifi (not in compatible_machine)
> ERROR: linux-yocto-dev Provides virtual/kernel but was skipped:
> incompatible with machine raspberrypi0-wifi (not in compatible_machine)
> ERROR: required build target 'rpi-basic-image' has no buildable providers.
> Missing or unbuildable depency chain was: 'rpi-basic-image',
> 'virtual/kernel'
>
>
> any body has a clue to solve it?
>
> thanks
>
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