>-----Original Message----- >From: yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto- >boun...@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Robert P. J. Day >Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 4:51 AM >To: Yocto discussion list >Subject: [yocto] how the &^$%^%@%^#$ does "file://defconfig" work? > > > been fighting with this for a couple of hours, so i'll start with >the short version -- here's the current explanation for "Changing the >Configuration" of your kernel: > >http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/kernel-dev/kernel- >dev.html#changing-the-configuration > > the salient bit: > >"If you have a complete Linux kernel .config file you want to use, >copy it to a directory named files, which must be in your layer's >recipes-kernel/linux directory, and name the file "defconfig"." > > first, that clearly suggests that file://defconfig is to be used >*only* when you have a complete .config file you want to use, which >also implies that if you use that, you should not be picking up any >other snippets. that's how i read that -- the use of >"file://defconfig" means that that is *exactly* the final form of my >eventual .config file. if that's not true, then that wording needs to >change. > > also, i've been trying to do just that for a couple hours now, and i >am definitely *not* getting that as my final .config file used for the >kernel configuration. so what should be happening here? thanks. > >rday > >p.s. as i have some spare time between contracts at the moment, i am >going to be going over some of the yocto docs in excruciating detail. >somewhere, scott rifenbark is now thinking, "oh, crap, ..."
Your feedback always improves things Robert... no problems. > >-- > >======================================================================== >Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA > http://crashcourse.ca > >Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday >LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday >======================================================================== >_______________________________________________ >yocto mailing list >yocto@yoctoproject.org >https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
