On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 04:06:56PM -0400, Bruce Ashfield wrote: > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Mark Hatle <[email protected]> wrote: > > The special key kernel-module- is necessary for the system to avoid a > > package > > rename when installing a multilib image. For example: > > > > local.conf: IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " hello-mod" > > > > bitbake lib32-core-image-minimal > > > > The system will translate names and prepend 'lib32-', unless the package > > begins with kernel-module-. > > Mark and I were talking about this, and since this is something that is > required > in a multlib system, and an external module has gone to the trouble of > inheriting > module.bbclass, and we have the kernel-module-split.bbclass, that this > is something > we should be able to programatically do and generate the package names that > meet the expectations of the system. > > I suggested a bugzilla and we can tackle this at the front end of the upcoming > dev cycle. > > I think that's reasonable, if anyone knows of a reason why this absolutely > can't > be done automatically .. or I'm out to lunch, I'm happy to have my > redirect, NAK'd :)
Agreed, hello-mod should give good example and
inherit kernel-module-split
if it does not work as-is now then we should improve kernel-module-split and
hello-mod.
> > meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/hello-mod/hello-mod_0.1.bb | 8 ++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/hello-mod/hello-mod_0.1.bb
> > b/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/hello-mod/hello-mod_0.1.bb
> > index 64a6dda..621f700 100644
> > --- a/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/hello-mod/hello-mod_0.1.bb
> > +++ b/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/hello-mod/hello-mod_0.1.bb
> > @@ -13,3 +13,11 @@ SRC_URI = "file://Makefile \
> > "
> >
> > S = "${WORKDIR}"
> > +
> > +# Kernel module packages MUST begin with 'kernel-module-', otherwise
> > +# multilib image generation can fail.
> > +#
> > +# The following line is only necessary if the recipe name does not begin
> > +# with kernel-module-.
> > +#
> > +PKG_${PN} = "kernel-module-${PN}"
> > --
> > 1.8.1.2.545.g2f19ada
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