The problem has been fixed with changing the CONFIG_FEATURE_DATE_NANO in busybox's defconfig. I don't know which of the 2 defconfigs is responsible though.
From: djnass...@hotmail.com To: leonardo.sandoval.gonza...@linux.intel.com; yocto@yoctoproject.org; yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org; meta-freesc...@yoctoproject.org Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 00:42:44 +0000 Subject: Re: [yocto] FW: busybox date cli does not support %N (nanoseconds) I was looking around for all busybox related files under <yocto_root>/sources and found these 2 busybox defconfigs which look promising ./poky/meta-yocto/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.20.2/poky-tiny/defconfig and ./poky/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.20.2/defconfig these are not exactly same: diff ./poky/meta-yocto/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.20.2/poky-tiny/defconfig ./poky/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.20.2/defconfig 3,4c3,4 < # Busybox version: 1.19.3 < # Wed Nov 30 09:33:16 2011 --- > # Busybox version: 1.20.2 > # Mon Aug 20 17:01:45 2012 but most importantly they both had disabled this related option: # CONFIG_FEATURE_DATE_NANO is not set The question is , in which one of the 2 should I enable it so that busybox's "date +%N" function will understand and export nanoseconds? thank you in advance for your help! From: djnass...@hotmail.com To: leonardo.sandoval.gonza...@linux.intel.com Subject: RE: [yocto] FW: busybox date cli does not support %N (nanoseconds) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:51:33 +0000 Yes it is, sorry for the omission - it was only in the email. The problem persists. > Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 15:21:33 -0500 > From: leonardo.sandoval.gonza...@linux.intel.com > To: djnass...@hotmail.com > Subject: Re: [yocto] FW: busybox date cli does not support %N (nanoseconds) > > isn't it date +%N? (with the plus sign) > > On 10/13/2015 02:12 PM, Thanassis Silis wrote: > > > > > > From: djnass...@hotmail.com > > To: yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org > > Subject: busybox date cli does not support %N (nanoseconds) > > Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 15:23:20 +0000 > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > I am building an fsl-image-test and the date command when run as "date %N" > > outputs %N instead on the nanoseconds. > > > > what options do I have to get nanoseconds? > > > > perhaps I have missed a kernel option? > > perhaps I can use something else to grab nanoseconds in the shell? > > > > thank you > > > > > > > > > > -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
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