[meta-ti] Turning off kernel config option

[Denys Dmytriyenko]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 04:44:49PM +0100, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 11:38 -0400, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 05:32:36PM +0200, Koen Kooi wrote:
> > > 
> > > Op 7 aug. 2012, om 17:30 heeft Denys Dmytriyenko <denys at ti.com> het volgende geschreven:
> > > 
> > > > On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 10:02:24AM +0100, Jack Mitchell wrote:
> > > >> I am trying to turn of CONFIG_SPI_DEBUG in the beaglebone BSP from
> > > >> meta-ti. I am using the poky distro configuration and I have changed
> > > >> the defconfig in
> > > >> meta-ti/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti33x-psp-3.2/beaglebone/defconfig
> > > >> but it still builds with CONFIG_SPI_DEBUG enabled.
> > > > 
> > > > That should be the correct location, please make sure you re-do the unpack 
> > > > task - if you previously built the kernel with the old defconfig, it will be 
> > > > stored in the work directory and won't be copied from the repository above, 
> > > > until you repeat the do_unpack task, i.e. by clenaing the build.
> > 
> > BTW, no need to clean the entire build, just the kernel build:
> > 
> > $ bitbake virtual/kernel -c clean
> > 
> > > Or just increment PR as you're supposed to, it's an output change after all. 
> > > No need to check anything if you do it properly :) 
> > 
> > Well, but then you are staring to change the recipe, which might be overkill 
> > for a simple defconfig change you want to test. If you go that route, you may 
> > want to create your own custom layer with the modified defconfig overlayed on 
> > top of meta-ti and a simple .bbappend with PRINC. That way your changes will 
> > be detached from meta-ti and you won't need to merge the recipe changes every 
> > time meta-ti updates... Although, there's no way to bbappend the defconfig 
> > itself - that's where config fragments come to play.
> 
> With the recent changes to OE-Core, you can edit the defconfig, the
> system will notice the checksum change and automatically rerun the
> unpack and subsequent steps automagically.

Richard,

That is quite useful, thanks for the info!


> If the PR server is enabled, it will bump PR for you too.

That is something I haven't looked at yet, honestly - too much Classic-OE 
baggage to carry... :)

-- 
Denys