From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id 55B5DE006EC; Wed, 7 May 2014 03:46:04 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on yocto-www.yoctoproject.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: Received: from mail.chez-thomas.org (mail.mlbassoc.com [65.100.170.105]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AA84E003C7 for ; Wed, 7 May 2014 03:45:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 1998) id 13DB2F81213; Wed, 7 May 2014 04:45:57 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.1.114] (zeus [192.168.1.114]) by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB981F81212; Wed, 7 May 2014 04:45:55 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <536A0EFE.70305@mlbassoc.com> Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 04:46:22 -0600 From: Gary Thomas User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: yocto@yoctoproject.org References: <536962D8.1040007@rafresearch.com> <53696616.90502@mlbassoc.com> <53699F12.5010400@rafresearch.com> In-Reply-To: <53699F12.5010400@rafresearch.com> Subject: Re: A simpler way of creating an using a local kernel repository - BeagleBone example X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto Project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 10:46:04 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 2014-05-06 20:48, Bob Feretich wrote: > > On 5/6/2014 3:45 PM, Gary Thomas wrote: >> On 2014-05-06 16:31, Bob Feretich wrote: >>> I have had problems getting good download performance when accessing the kernels at kernel.org. Since I expect to build the kernel several times, I decided to create a copy of the >>> kernel repository locally and use that for my builds. >>> >>> There are instructions on how to create a local repository in the Yocto manuals, but those are more complex than I needed. (I don't plan on checking anything into the repository.) >>> >>> The below is a simpler way of creating and using the repository. >>> I'm publishing this because my search though the Yocto/OE/Angstrom yielded only the more complicated or incomplete methods. >>> >>> // First set up local kernel repository >>> mkdir ~/ksrc3-8 >>> cd ~/ksrc3-8 >>> git clone --bare git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git stable-work-bare.git >>> >>> // Then modify the kernel recipe to use the local repository instead of the the one at kernel.org. >>> // The beaglebone recipe for the 3.8 kernel is at... >>> setup-scripts/sources/meta-beagleboard/common-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-mainline_3.8.bb >>> >>> // Replace the file's SRC_URI with one that points to your local repository. >>> #SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;branch=linux-3.8.y" >>> SRC_URI = "git:///home/Bob/ksrc3-8/stable-work-bare.git;branch=linux-3.8.y" >> >> IMO a much simpler (and certainly less invasive) way is to just >> use your own local source mirrors. Add these lines to your local.conf: >> SOURCE_MIRROR_URL = "file:///some-mirror-directory/" >> INHERIT += "own-mirrors " >> BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS ?= "1" >> >> Once the git repository has been downloaded, it will be packed up in a >> tarball, e.g. >> git2_git.kernel.org.pub.scm.linux.kernel.git.stable.linux-stable.git.tar.gz >> If you then put this file into your SOURCE_MIRROR, the next time bitbake will >> fetch from there [first]. It's even smart enough that if you need a revision >> which is not in the tarball, it will update the git repository and rebuild the >> tarball, which you can then move to your mirror. > Better! > Questions: > Is INHERIT += "own-mirrors " > coded as you state it, or am I supposed to substitute something for "own-mirrors " ? This line is used as written. > > Where does BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS ?= "1" > put the tarball? In your downloads directory. > > Does do_rm_work remove them? No (since that only touches files in tmp/work/...) -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------