[yocto] Strange build warning

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 11-08-26 11:32 AM, Gary Thomas wrote:
> Building 'bitbake core-image-sato' from scratch:
> OE Build Configuration:
> BB_VERSION = "1.13.3"
> TARGET_ARCH = "i586"
> TARGET_OS = "linux"
> MACHINE = "qemux86"
> DISTRO = "poky"
> DISTRO_VERSION = "1.0+snapshot-20110826"
> TUNE_FEATURES = "m32 i586"
> TARGET_FPU = ""
> meta
> meta-yocto = "master:6c2b7beac3cd23ed44bd3e195c6360a0932876bf"
>
> I saw this warning:
> =======================================================
> This BSP sets 1 invalid/obsolete kernel options.
> These config options are not offered anywhere within this kernel.
> The full list can be found in your workspace at:
> /local/pc_poky/tmp/work/atom_pc-poky-linux/linux-yocto-3.0.3+git1+5b535279e61197cb194bb2dfceb8b7a04128387c_1+ead7d8334e4c075906d029789333f43e54f6257a-r1/linux/meta/cfg/yocto/standard/common-pc/atom-pc/invalid.cfg
>
>
> This BSP sets 11 kernel options that are possibly non-hardware related.
> The full list can be found in your workspace at:
> /local/pc_poky/tmp/work/atom_pc-poky-linux/linux-yocto-3.0.3+git1+5b535279e61197cb194bb2dfceb8b7a04128387c_1+ead7d8334e4c075906d029789333f43e54f6257a-r1/linux/meta/cfg/yocto/standard/common-pc/atom-pc/specified_non_hdw.cfg
>
>
> WARNING: There were 88 hardware options requested that do not
> have a corresponding value present in the final ".config" file.
> This probably means you aren't getting the config you wanted.
> The full list can be found in your workspace at:
> /local/pc_poky/tmp/work/atom_pc-poky-linux/linux-yocto-3.0.3+git1+5b535279e61197cb194bb2dfceb8b7a04128387c_1+ead7d8334e4c075906d029789333f43e54f6257a-r1/linux/meta/cfg/yocto/standard/common-pc/atom-pc/mismatch.cfg
>
> ========================================================
> along with a note that the build was pausing for a few seconds so I
> would notice the error/warning.
>
> Is this important? If not, why scare me like this?

It was a temporary warning when I forgot to bump the internal
version in the kernel tree, to match the external recipe one.

It's just telling you that it couldn't audit to be sure that
any configs you asked for .. made it to the final build. But
in this case, I can assure you that they did.

Bruce

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