Re: Linux kernel recipe override question

[John Weber <rjohnweber@gmail.com>]

Hi Otavio,

On 2/25/14, 9:34 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> Hello John,
>
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 11:52 AM, John Weber <rjohnweber@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2/25/14, 6:20 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> SRCBRANCH works based on experience from trial and error that I've done in
>> the past.
>> SRCREV does not work, again based on what I've tried.
>>
>> I'll shoot you a patch to make it easy to test on your end.
> It makes sense now.
>
> The SRCREV is dealt different because we can use SRCREV_FORMAT.
>
> So when we use multiple Git repositories in same fetcher we can have:
>
> SRCREV_FORMAT = "first_second"
>
> and
>
> SRC_URI = "git://...;name=first \
>                     git://...;name=second"
>
> and
>
> SRCREV_first = ...
> SRCREV_second = ...
OK.  I think I understand this.
>
> So to handle the pn, we must to use:
>
> SRCREV_pn-<recipe>
>
> or
>
> SRCREV_<name>-pn-<recipe>
Robin Findley explained where the pn- comes in.  Very handy.
>
> I hope it clarifies it now.
>
> Regards,
>