[yocto] How to work with linux-yocto kernel

[Elvis Dowson]

On Aug 28, 2013, at 10:07 PM, Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com> wrote:

> On 13-08-28 02:05 PM, Elvis Dowson wrote:
>> Hi Bruce,
>> 
>> On Aug 28, 2013, at 9:52 PM, Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> There were some old bugs which caused the wrong board description to
>>> be picked up, the seems similar.
>>> 
>>> But without seeing your exact changes, as they sit in the tree, I
>>> can't be sure.
>>> 
>>> Did you also update the meta and machine branch SRCREVs ?
>> 
>> No, I didn't.
>> 
>> I've just done this now. It's only after you mentioned it
>> that I noticed the SRCREV_meta variable in linux-yocto_3.8.bb
>> 
>> While obvious, once stated, it's better to explicitly document
>> this step in the kernel development guide, so that people remember to
>> do it:
>> 
>> http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/kernel-dev/kernel-dev.html
> 
> If you have a moment, drop a quick bugzilla and we can make sure
> that happens.

I've just done this now.

https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5065

Best regards,

Elvis Dowson