From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 93-97-173-237.zone5.bethere.co.uk ([93.97.173.237] helo=tim.rpsys.net) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QuSsu-0002km-0H for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:29:32 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p7JHOphe030696 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:24:51 +0100 Received: from tim.rpsys.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tim.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28745-08 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:24:47 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.3.10] ([192.168.3.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p7JHOeWu030690 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:24:43 +0100 From: Richard Purdie To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer In-Reply-To: References: <1313746981.6733.268.camel@phil-desktop> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:24:38 -0700 Message-ID: <1313774678.13995.123.camel@rex> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.2 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at rpsys.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] linux-yocto: restoring LINUX_VERSION ?= "3.0" X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:29:32 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, 2011-08-19 at 08:53 -0400, Bruce Ashfield wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 5:43 AM, Phil Blundell wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-08-19 at 01:20 -0400, Bruce Ashfield wrote: > >> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.0.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.0.bb > >> index 44f1ebe..5d9871f 100644 > >> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.0.bb > >> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.0.bb > >> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ KMACHINE_qemuarm = "yocto/standard/arm-versatile-926ejs" > >> KBRANCH = ${KMACHINE} > >> KMETA = meta > >> > >> -LINUX_VERSION ?= "3.0.1" > >> +LINUX_VERSION ?= "3.0" > >> LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION ?= "-yocto-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}" > >> > >> SRCREV_machine_qemuarm = "36b4cdddcafc711f0ec9ad97882f23a6443c61b2" > > > > That's going to cause PV to go backwards, right? If you're going to do > > that then you probably ought to consider bumping PE to retain > > monotonicity. > > Indeed. I always just think of LINUX_VERSION as yet another package internal > variable (from non-bitbake experience), so tweaking it has no impact > on this sort > of thing. > > I can look into changing the epoch .. but not until Monday or later in > the weekend. I'm not 100% convinced that this is a good idea. I'd really prefer the kernel accurately reflected the version it was. Can we not do: PREFERRRED_VERSION_xxx = "3.0%" to get around the preferred version issues? Cheers, Richard