Re: Reconfiguring the kernel

[Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>]

On 12-04-10 04:40 PM, Chris Tapp wrote:
> I think this is a summary of the steps needed to reconfigure the kernel,based on the instructions in the 6.0.1 dev manual:
>
> 1) bitbake linux-yocto -c clean
> 2) bitbake linux-yocto -c menuconfig
> 3) bitbake linux-yocto -c compile -f
> 4) bitbake linux-yocto
>
> However, the bzimage in tmp/deploy/images is the same as the one that I had before I executed the above. I'm not sure if the md5sum is the same (will check next time round the loop), but it certainly doesn't seem to pick up the new configuration that I'm generating within menuconfig.
>
> If I use 'cleanall' in step 1 (as shown in the manual) then I do get a new image, but at the expense of having to download the kernel branch again (even with a DL_DIR set). Can I get away with just using 'clean' if I do something else as well ?

This is likely:

https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2256

Which is still pending resolution.

Cheers,

Bruce

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