Re: variable override question

[Marc Ferland <ferlandm@sonatest.com>]

Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com> writes:

> On 13-06-25 03:59 PM, Marc Ferland wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a linux-yocto_3.4.bbappend file in which I try to override the
>> KERNEL_FEATURES variable. I want it to be empty (I don't want the
>> netfilter stuff that's there by default).
>>
>> So I've tried (in my bbappend):
>>
>> KERNEL_FEATURES = ""
>>
>> but somehow the netfilter.scc file still gets merged in.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Nothing. It's an artifact of the _appends that are present
> in the linux-yocto recipe bbappends. You can clear it, but they'll
> still append.
>
> Those config fragments weren't optional when the recipes were
> created, we've since evolved to the point where they are.
>
> I squeezed in a change to linux-yocto_3.8 before the yocto 1.4
> cutoff, and have changed linux-yocto_3.4 to match, and strangely,
> was about to send a consolidated pull request that contains the
> change.
>
> You can either locally make the same change, and clear:
>
>  KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES
>
> or wait for my latest update.
>
Nice, exactly what I was looking for!

Thanks,

Marc