Linux kernel recipes

Linux kernel recipes

[Marcin Juszkiewicz]

Some time ago I added packages/linux/linux_2.6.19.bb (currently 
linux_2.6.20.bb) as some kind of generic Linux kernel recipe. Currently 
it is used for Progear and Simpad targets.

Today we got linux-x86_2.6.20.bb which differ in just one thing.. NAME. It 
does not contain any patches - just source archive and kernel 
configuration file. Can it be merged into linux_2.6.20.bb?

We have few other 2.6.20 recipes but they are more machine specific 
(efika, ixp4xx, dht-walnut).

Second thing is list of kernels. We have 149 files in packages/linux/ - 
some targets have few kernels there - can we get rid of not used ones? 
Many machines want 1-2 kernels (stable one and development one) so why we 
have 4-6 kernels for one machine? Can this be cleared in some way?

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Re: Linux kernel recipes

[Stelios Koroneos]

>
> Some time ago I added packages/linux/linux_2.6.19.bb (currently
> linux_2.6.20.bb) as some kind of generic Linux kernel recipe. Currently
> it is used for Progear and Simpad targets.
>
> Today we got linux-x86_2.6.20.bb which differ in just one thing..
> NAME. It
> does not contain any patches - just source archive and kernel
> configuration file. Can it be merged into linux_2.6.20.bb?
>

The x86 kernel is for the "generic" x86 machine.
If we can have a "generic" kernel (i.e all things setup as modules plus a
few things need for booting buildin ) i don't think it will be a problem how
we call it.
For the x86 we can "follow" also a kernel like Debian's so we can get the
patches and stuff from there


> We have few other 2.6.20 recipes but they are more machine specific
> (efika, ixp4xx, dht-walnut).
>

Speaking at least for the powerpc family, its difficult to have a "generic"
kernel mainly to the fact that the cpu's can differer significally.
The difference can be seen even more at the board level.


Stelios