On 8/3/15 3:35 PM, Juro Bystricky wrote: > In order to support VirtualBox guest additions, kernel headers need to be > present > in the VM. I am aware we already have two packages/recipes that are somewhat > similar > (kernel-devsrc.bb, linux-libc-headers), but none of them is suitable for this > purpose. > Besides the kernel headers, some additional files (scripts, Makefiles, > .config, etc) > are also required.
linux-libc-headers is only for building applications. kernel-devsrc is for building modules on the target. What do these specific modules need that are not present in kernel-devsrc? (I really don't want 'yet another' confusing package added to the system.) > The new recipe "kernel-headers.bb" can in principle be used by other images > as well. > It is not limited to the Build Appliance and hence is not a part of the Build > Appliance > recipe. I think kernel-headers is a bad name for a package. It could be confusing. --Mark > Juro Bystricky (2): > kernel-headers: linux kernel headers > build-appliance-image: support for VirtualBox guest addtions > > .../README_vbox_guest_additions.txt | 78 > ++++++++++++++++++++++ > .../images/build-appliance-image_12.0.1.bb | 4 +- > meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-headers.bb | 66 ++++++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > create mode 100644 > meta/recipes-core/images/build-appliance-image/README_vbox_guest_additions.txt > create mode 100644 meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-headers.bb > -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
