kernel maintainers: COMPATIBLE_MACHINE field will become mandatory

kernel maintainers: COMPATIBLE_MACHINE field will become mandatory

[Koen Kooi]

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[cross-posted to oe-announce, remove that if you intend to reply]

Hi,

At the OEDEM conference we decided that the COMPATIBLE_MACHINE field will be mandatory for
 kernel recipes. If you maintain a kernel recipe: add the appropriate COMPATIBLE_MACHINE
field. If you don't maintain a kernel recipe, but want to help: patches welcome.

The COMPATIBLE_MACHINE machine field tells bitbake for which machines this is a valid
kernel to avoid surprises for some reason the PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel gets broken.
A lot of kernels already have that field, so have a look at first if you any questions.

regards,

Koen
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Re: [Openembedded-announce] kernel maintainers: COMPATIBLE_MACHINE field will become mandatory

[Paul Sokolovsky]

Hello Koen,

Thursday, October 12, 2006, 12:22:15 PM, you wrote:

[]

> Hi,

> At the OEDEM conference we decided that the COMPATIBLE_MACHINE field will be mandatory for
>  kernel recipes. If you maintain a kernel recipe: add the appropriate COMPATIBLE_MACHINE
> field. If you don't maintain a kernel recipe, but want to help: patches welcome.

> The COMPATIBLE_MACHINE machine field tells bitbake for which machines this is a valid
> kernel to avoid surprises for some reason the
> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel gets broken.
> A lot of kernels already have that field, so have a look at first if you any questions.

  Just a question - should there be already machine conf file in OE
for anything added to COMPATIBLE_MACHINE, or can something be added as
an informative, "for-future", annotation?

> regards,

> Koen


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 Paul                            mailto:pmiscml@gmail.com

Re: [Openembedded-devel] kernel maintainers: COMPATIBLE_MACHINE field will become mandatory

[Koen Kooi]

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Paul Sokolovsky schreef:
> Hello Koen,
> 
> Thursday, October 12, 2006, 12:22:15 PM, you wrote:
> 
> []
> 
>> Hi,
> 
>> At the OEDEM conference we decided that the COMPATIBLE_MACHINE field will be mandatory for
>>  kernel recipes. If you maintain a kernel recipe: add the appropriate COMPATIBLE_MACHINE
>> field. If you don't maintain a kernel recipe, but want to help: patches welcome.
> 
>> The COMPATIBLE_MACHINE machine field tells bitbake for which machines this is a valid
>> kernel to avoid surprises for some reason the
>> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel gets broken.
>> A lot of kernels already have that field, so have a look at first if you any questions.
> 
>   Just a question - should there be already machine conf file in OE
> for anything added to COMPATIBLE_MACHINE, or can something be added as
> an informative, "for-future", annotation?

There should already be a machine conf file to avoid cluttering up the metadata with
'might be' stuff. You are however free to add the machine conf file in question :)

regards,

Koen
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