From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UKWTa-0004uZ-8N for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:11:54 +0100 Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 26 Mar 2013 08:53:15 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,913,1355126400"; d="scan'208";a="307655269" Received: from unknown (HELO envy.home) ([10.255.13.151]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 26 Mar 2013 08:54:42 -0700 Message-ID: <5151C4BC.4050108@linux.intel.com> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:54:36 -0700 From: Darren Hart User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130110 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bruce Ashfield References: <5151C361.7020202@linux.intel.com> <5151C3A2.4070806@windriver.com> In-Reply-To: <5151C3A2.4070806@windriver.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] linux-yocto/3.8: allow kernel feature _appends to be overriden X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:11:55 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 03/26/2013 08:49 AM, Bruce Ashfield wrote: > On 13-03-26 11:48 AM, Darren Hart wrote: >> On 03/26/2013 07:46 AM, Bruce Ashfield wrote: >>> It was pointed out that the current way the KERNEL_FEATURES variable >>> is appended in the base linux-yocto recipe doesn't allow the appended >>> features to be prevented in a layer without using python code and >>> a recipe finalize hook. >>> >>> To allow easier overriding of 'extra' or 'optional' features that are >>> defined in the linux-yocto recipe, we create a KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES >>> variable. This variable can be set in a layer to define extra features >>> or cleared to prevent the recipe's extra features from being appended >>> to the core functionality. >> >> You know what I'm going to say right? Docume.... right, good. >> >> Bruce, are you keeping a list of things that have changed and need >> documentation in the kernel-dev manual? Could you share it? > > I do have a list, I'll put it in bugzilla. Thank you sir! -- Darren Hart Intel Open Source Technology Center Yocto Project - Technical Lead - Linux Kernel