Re: [PATCH] kernel-arch: Simplify strip support

[Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>]

[[PATCH] kernel-arch: Simplify strip support] On 10/02/2024 (Sat 14:24) Richard Purdie wrote:

> I think these options to strip were added to mirror the other kernel commandline
> options. In the strip case, it breaks code such as runstrip() in package.py
> since only a single command with no options is supported.
> 
> For that reason I find it unlikely anyone is using this. Drop the problematic
> variables.

Undid the temp patch from IRC yesterday and tested this on the usecase
that revealed the breakage, and it also seems fine (no surprise).

Guess we get to wait and see if it breaks any other use case....

Paul
--

> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
> ---
>  meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass
> index 404f2e70612..b32f6137a2f 100644
> --- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass
> @@ -70,12 +70,11 @@ TARGET_AR_KERNEL_ARCH ?= ""
>  HOST_AR_KERNEL_ARCH ?= "${TARGET_AR_KERNEL_ARCH}"
>  TARGET_OBJCOPY_KERNEL_ARCH ?= ""
>  HOST_OBJCOPY_KERNEL_ARCH ?= "${TARGET_OBJCOPY_KERNEL_ARCH}"
> -TARGET_STRIP_KERNEL_ARCH ?= ""
> -HOST_STRIP_KERNEL_ARCH ?= "${TARGET_STRIP_KERNEL_ARCH}"
>  
>  KERNEL_CC = "${CCACHE}${HOST_PREFIX}gcc ${HOST_CC_KERNEL_ARCH} -fuse-ld=bfd ${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP} -fdebug-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} -fdebug-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH}"
>  KERNEL_LD = "${HOST_PREFIX}ld.bfd ${HOST_LD_KERNEL_ARCH}"
>  KERNEL_AR = "${HOST_PREFIX}ar ${HOST_AR_KERNEL_ARCH}"
>  KERNEL_OBJCOPY = "${HOST_PREFIX}objcopy ${HOST_OBJCOPY_KERNEL_ARCH}"
> -KERNEL_STRIP = "${HOST_PREFIX}strip ${HOST_STRIP_KERNEL_ARCH}"
> +# Code in package.py can't handle options on KERNEL_STRIP
> +KERNEL_STRIP = "${HOST_PREFIX}strip"
>  TOOLCHAIN ?= "gcc"
> -- 
> 2.40.1
>