Re: [PATCH] hello-mod: Ensure the produced package name begins with kernel-module-

[Martin Jansa <martin.jansa@gmail.com>]

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On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 04:06:56PM -0400, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com> wrote:
> > The special key kernel-module- is necessary for the system to avoid a package
> > rename when installing a multilib image.  For example:
> >
> > local.conf: IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " hello-mod"
> >
> > bitbake lib32-core-image-minimal
> >
> > The system will translate names and prepend 'lib32-', unless the package
> > begins with kernel-module-.
> 
> Mark and I were talking about this, and since this is something that is required
> in a multlib system, and an external module has gone to the trouble of
> inheriting
> module.bbclass, and we have the kernel-module-split.bbclass, that this
> is something
> we should be able to programatically do and generate the package names that
> meet the expectations of the system.
> 
> I suggested a bugzilla and we can tackle this at the front end of the upcoming
> dev cycle.
> 
> I think that's reasonable, if anyone knows of a reason why this absolutely can't
> be done automatically .. or I'm out to lunch, I'm happy to have my
> redirect, NAK'd :)

Agreed, hello-mod should give good example and 
inherit kernel-module-split

if it does not work as-is now then we should improve kernel-module-split and
hello-mod.

> >  meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/hello-mod/hello-mod_0.1.bb | 8 ++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/hello-mod/hello-mod_0.1.bb b/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/hello-mod/hello-mod_0.1.bb
> > index 64a6dda..621f700 100644
> > --- a/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/hello-mod/hello-mod_0.1.bb
> > +++ b/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/hello-mod/hello-mod_0.1.bb
> > @@ -13,3 +13,11 @@ SRC_URI = "file://Makefile \
> >            "
> >
> >  S = "${WORKDIR}"
> > +
> > +# Kernel module packages MUST begin with 'kernel-module-', otherwise
> > +# multilib image generation can fail.
> > +#
> > +# The following line is only necessary if the recipe name does not begin
> > +# with kernel-module-.
> > +#
> > +PKG_${PN} = "kernel-module-${PN}"
> > --
> > 1.8.1.2.545.g2f19ada
> >
> >
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