Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] kernel: set COMPATIBLE_HOST to *-linux

["Khem Raj" <raj.khem@gmail.com>]

On 12/11/20 8:09 AM, Ross Burton wrote:
> The target system triple contains whether the target is Linux or not,
> so use it to avoid situations where you can attempt to build a kernel
> for systems which don't support Linux.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
> ---
>   meta/classes/kernel.bbclass              | 2 ++
>   meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb | 2 +-
>   2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
> index 1a444efabf..2f1006ddf0 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
> @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
>   inherit linux-kernel-base kernel-module-split
>   
> +COMPATIBLE_HOST = ".*-linux"

does this cover linux-gnueabi and such tuples too ?

> +
>   KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME ??= "kernel"
>   KERNEL_DEPLOYSUBDIR ??= "${@ "" if (d.getVar("KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME") == "kernel") else d.getVar("KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME") }"
>   
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb
> index 649fc04dd1..95dc85ff2f 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb
> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb
> @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ DESCRIPTION_kernel-vmlinux = "Kernel vmlinux meta package"
>   
>   INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
>   
> -#COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "your_machine"
> +COMPATIBLE_HOST = ".*-linux"
>   
>   PR = "r1"
>   
> 
> 
> 
> 
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