[linux-yocto] tagged Axxia releases in linux-yocto

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 15-08-25 01:24 PM, Cristian Bercaru wrote:
> Hello!
>
> The Intel Axxia team use git tags in their private github repositories
> to mark releases. e.g. 'lsi_axxia_linux_7.8.1.46'
>
> We would like to put tags on commits from the
> 'standard/(preempt-rt/)axxia/base' branches in linux-yocto-*. Thus, when
> pointing our customers to yocto, we could give them the release tag
> instead the commit SHA.
>
> Does this interfere with the linux-yocto policy? If not, how can we do
> this?

It would cause a problem, since eventually the tree gets full of tags,
and tags that don't have meaning to all the use cases of the tree. Sure,
they are on the BSP branches, but 'git tag' will still list them all.

But what you are describing is exactly what SRCREV_<foo> is for .. you
put a hash into a variable, and the build system ensures that it is
built.

Bruce

>
> Thank you,
> Cristian Bercaru