From: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>
To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>,
Yocto discussion list <yocto@yoctoproject.org>
Subject: Re: preferred KERNEL_FEATURES format: netfilter or netfilter.scc?
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 09:29:38 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54F5C552.5000406@windriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.11.1503030537270.24261@localhost>
On 15-03-03 05:39 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Mar 2015, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
>>
>> kernel dev manual uses the KERNEL_FEATURES format of:
>>
>> KERNEL_FEATURES += "features/netfilter.scc"
>>
>> while ref manual variable glossary uses
>>
>> KERNEL_FEATURES="features/netfilter"
>>
>> is there a preference for the usage of the .scc suffix? (i'm assuming
>> they're both valid, i didn't actually check that. maybe i should check
>> that ...)
>
> hang on, i think there's an error in the docs ... if i check the
> meta branch, i see that the actual structure for the netfilter feature
> is "features/netfilter/netfilter.scc", so "features/netfilter.scc"
> shouldn't even work, should it? historical remnant?
It works, but it is an old shortcut that isn't emphasized or used.
So yes, its a historical remnant, and explicit .scc references are
preferred.
Cheers,
Bruce
>
> rday
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-03 14:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-03 9:12 preferred KERNEL_FEATURES format: netfilter or netfilter.scc? Robert P. J. Day
2015-03-03 10:39 ` Robert P. J. Day
2015-03-03 14:29 ` Bruce Ashfield [this message]
2015-03-03 16:27 ` Robert P. J. Day
2015-03-03 16:30 ` Bruce Ashfield
2015-03-03 16:46 ` Robert P. J. Day
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