Re: Using a defconfig refers to an in-tree defconfig file

[Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com>]

Hi John,

On 02/25/2014 02:29 PM, John Weber wrote:
> I thought I would bounce this one of the mailing list.
>
> Is there any reason why we shouldn't simply use the defconfig from the
> kernel tree if appropriate?
>
> We would do this by the defconfig file in the recipe refer to a filename
> in the kernel tree. For example, in the file
> recipes-kernel/linux/linux-wandboard-3.10.17/defconfig would be a single
> line:
>
>     use-kernel-config=wandboard_defconfig
>

In general, +1 from our end.

The primary down-side is that the Yocto needs may differ from other
distributions, but then again, any particular user will likely
want to tweak a bit anyway.

> I've tested this already and it works.
>
> As many of the kernels being used here are managing their own defconfigs
> in-tree, they are forced to keep the defconfig in the metadata in-sync.
 >
> This would be a way to remove that requirement.
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