Re: [PATCH 5/6] kernel-yocto: streamline patch, configuration and audit phases

André Draszik
2016-09-01T16:14:17Z

On Mi, 2016-08-31 at 16:17 -0400, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> On 2016-08-31 4:54 AM, André Draszik wrote:
> >
> > On Di, 2016-08-30 at 14:35 -0400, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> > >
> > > Can you clarify for me if you are are using SRC_URI items tagged with
> > > 'kmeta', i.e. a directory of fragments, or are you just adding
> > > .cfg/.scc
> > > items directly to the SRC_URI ?
> >
> > I do both:
> >
> > in the 1st layer, my kernel recipe boils down to:
> >
> > SRC_URI = "\
> >     git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-
> > stable.git;protocol=git;nocheckout=1;branch=${KBRANCH} \
> >     file://0001-a-patch.patch \
> >     file://kernel-meta;type=kmeta;destsuffix=${KMETA} \
> > "
> >
> > KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " patches/some-patches.scc"
> > KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " patches/more-patches.scc"
> > KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " patches/even-more-patches.scc"
> >
> > some of the above in turn include additional .scc items recursively.
> >
> >
> > In the 2nd layer, my .bbappend boils down to:
> >
> > FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${BPN}-4.4:"
> >
> > KERNEL_FEATURES_append_tgm = " patches/tgm.scc"
> >
> > 2nd-layer.scc is located in ${THISDIR}/kernel-meta/patches/ in the 2nd
> > layer. I don't specifically add another SRC_URI item tagged with 'kmeta'
> > (or
> > any other explicit SRC_URI item for that matter).
>
> One more clarification. From our problem description, are you saying
> that in your runs, only the meta data from layer2 is getting copied
> and not that from layer1 ?

That is what I had inferred from the error message:

| DEBUG: Executing shell function do_kernel_metadata
| ERROR. input file "patches/some-patches.scc" does not exist
| ERROR: could not process input files: <2nd_layer>/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ramips-4.4/tgm/defconfig <1st_layer>/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ramips-4.4/0001-a-patch.patch patches/some-patches.scc patches/more-patches.scc patches/even-more-patches.scc patches/tgm.scc
| See /tmp/tmp.mPP1jtatxm for details
| ERROR. input file "patches/some-patches.scc" does not exist
| ERROR: could not process input files: <2nd_layer>/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ramips-4.4/tgm/defconfig <1st_layer>/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ramips-4.4/0001-a-patch.patch patches/some-patches.scc patches/more-patches.scc patches/even-more-patches.scc patches/tgm.scc
| See /tmp/tmp.v9LU9ccpbl for details
| WARNING: exit code 1 from a shell command.

> I ran my sanity test, and saw meta data from both my layers copied ..
> so I'm worried that I misunderstood the issue you are seeing.

I can see that they are actually copied indeed, but it doesn't find them...
The file /tmp/tmp.v9LU9ccpbl mentioned above is empty.

> But looking at the code, I can definitely do some minor tweaks in this
> area .. I'm just trying to get the reproducer nailed down.

I can try to create one for you if you prefer tomorrow, rather than wasting
your time with this, if you don't get any further?

Andre'