Re: [PATCH] hello-mod: Ensure the produced package name begins with kernel-module-

[Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>]

On 4/12/13 3:06 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com> wrote:
>> The special key kernel-module- is necessary for the system to avoid a package
>> rename when installing a multilib image.  For example:
>>
>> local.conf: IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " hello-mod"
>>
>> bitbake lib32-core-image-minimal
>>
>> The system will translate names and prepend 'lib32-', unless the package
>> begins with kernel-module-.
>
> Mark and I were talking about this, and since this is something that is required
> in a multlib system, and an external module has gone to the trouble of
> inheriting
> module.bbclass, and we have the kernel-module-split.bbclass, that this
> is something
> we should be able to programatically do and generate the package names that
> meet the expectations of the system.
>
> I suggested a bugzilla and we can tackle this at the front end of the upcoming
> dev cycle.

YP bugzilla # 4286

> I think that's reasonable, if anyone knows of a reason why this absolutely can't
> be done automatically .. or I'm out to lunch, I'm happy to have my
> redirect, NAK'd :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bruce
>
>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>
>> ---
>>   meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/hello-mod/hello-mod_0.1.bb | 8 ++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/hello-mod/hello-mod_0.1.bb b/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/hello-mod/hello-mod_0.1.bb
>> index 64a6dda..621f700 100644
>> --- a/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/hello-mod/hello-mod_0.1.bb
>> +++ b/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/hello-mod/hello-mod_0.1.bb
>> @@ -13,3 +13,11 @@ SRC_URI = "file://Makefile \
>>             "
>>
>>   S = "${WORKDIR}"
>> +
>> +# Kernel module packages MUST begin with 'kernel-module-', otherwise
>> +# multilib image generation can fail.
>> +#
>> +# The following line is only necessary if the recipe name does not begin
>> +# with kernel-module-.
>> +#
>> +PKG_${PN} = "kernel-module-${PN}"
>> --
>> 1.8.1.2.545.g2f19ada
>>
>>
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