[linux-yocto] linux-3.8 nat configuration fragment

[Francesco Del Degan]

Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at gmail.com>
writes:

> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 3:39 AM, Francesco Del Degan
> <f.deldegan at pr0gg3d.net> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>   Looking at linux-yocto 3.8 i noticed a wrong configuration fragment
>> for netfilter NAT.
>>
>> The kconfig option was changed from CONFIG_NF_NAT to CONFIG_NF_NAT_IPV4
>> in 3.7+ kernels, so I think that
>> meta/cfg/kernel-cache/features/netfilter/netfilter.cfg
>> has to be changed.
>>
>> Is that place correct?
>
> Yep, that's the correct place. All changes to the kernel's meta branch are also
> made in: git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-kernel-cache and propagated to all newer
> kernels.
>
>>
>> Since the meta git repository is dowloaded at runtime, in order to test
>> this mod and produce a patch, it's good practice to make a bbappend
>> pointing to a local linux-yocto repository?
>
> That's what I (and others) typically do. That way you can manipulate any
> part of the tree you want, without slinging patches directly. You could also
> use a standalone kernel cache, but a local clone and a bbappend pointing
> at it is the simplest way to go.
>
> Bruce

Thank you, i will try to test and produce a patch for it.

Francesco