[yocto] Adding multiple patches to SRC_URI in a recipe — Yocto

[Paul Eggleton]

On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 07:23:44 Eswaran Vinothkumar wrote:
> I am creating a BSP to customized board using Yocto. I have some hundred
> plus patches for the Linux kernel and barebox. To include the patches for
> the Linux kernel, I have created an .scc file. In the .scc file I have
> included all the patches required.The SRC_URI option in the kernel recipe
> looks like:
> 
>     SRC_URI +=
> "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.0.9.tar.xz \
> file://kernelpatch.scc \
>                 file://kernel-4.0.9.cfg \
>                 "
> 
> For the barebox, I tried to do the same, but it seems it doesn't support
> .scc files. So now I have included all the hundred plus patches using
> `file://patchname.patch`  in  SRC_URI:
> 
>             file://patches/0001-drivers.patch \
>             file://patches/0002-hw_random-C.patch \
>     .
>     .
>     .
>     .
>             file://patches/0304-usb-fastbootupport.patch \
> 
> I would like to know is there a better way for adding multiple patches to
> the SRC_URI ?

One thing to consider instead of carrying this number of patches is simply 
creating your own git repository and point to that in SRC_URI. Then the 
patches become *much* more manageable.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre