[poky] How do I apply a patch to a wic configuration file (beagle bone-yocto.wks)?

[Khem Raj]

On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 3:47 PM Marc Pernia
<marc.pernia at redaptiveinc.com> wrote:
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> Hey Khem, thanks for your prompt response!
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> How would I go about defining my own kickstart file?  Our board was designed based on the BBG reference design, so we use the beaglebone-yocto bsp layer, alas, we don’t manage a machine configuration in our layer.
> Is there another way to define WKS_FILE from our layer? ...in place of the WKS_FILE defined in the bsp layer that isn’t owned by us?

The machine config metadata defines it as a weak assignment see
WKS_FILE ?= "beaglebone-yocto.wks"

so you should be able to override it in config metadata in your own
layer to point to a different
file ( may be even in local.conf file )

WKS_FILE = "your-beaglebone-yocto.wks"

you might be able to use machine override as well

WKS_FILE_beaglebone-yocto = "your-beaglebone-yocto.wks"

then you can put the new wks file in

meta-<your-layer>/wic/


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> On 6/15/18, 2:34 PM, "Khem Raj" <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
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>     Hi Marc
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>     On 6/14/18 11:51 PM, Marc Pernia wrote:
>     > I need to patch meta-yacto-bsp/wic/beaglebone-yocto.wks.  I have a patch
>     > ready, but how can I apply that patch from a recipe in my custom layer.
>     > All the patching I have done in the past has been done with a bbappend
>     > created for an existing bb file;  this time the target has no bb file,
>     > its a .wks file.
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>     You can define a new wks file in your layer since the default you are
>     referring to above is a reference. And if your changes are good for this
>     reference then please post these modifications to yocto mailing list.
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>     Otherwise, if the wks file is specific to image format you want for your
>     devices then keeping that to your layer would be right thing to do.
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