[gnome-continuous-yocto/gnomeostree-3.28-rocko: 758/8267] kernel-dev: Fix the locations of .config and source directory
- From: Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-continuous-yocto/gnomeostree-3.28-rocko: 758/8267] kernel-dev: Fix the locations of .config and source directory
- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 20:52:31 +0000 (UTC)
commit 9c75c64cb99a3d5103b7bb4e2a700e5bb5af516b
Author: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark gmail com>
Date: Mon Jun 6 13:25:18 2016 -0700
kernel-dev: Fix the locations of .config and source directory
The locations of the kernel .config file and source direcotry
moved a couple releases ago. Updated the documentation
accordingly.
Also added a note explaining how to check the expansion of
variables, which servs a couple of purposes:
* For curious readers, shows them how to understand where
these variables come from and how they are used.
* For suspicious readers, shows them how they can verify that
the variables in the documentation are actually correct.
Author: Tom Zanussi <tom zanussi linux intel com>
(From yocto-docs rev: a4f92870e70cb625f2987a59aff3f460457b4889)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark gmail com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard purdie linuxfoundation org>
documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml | 27 +++++++++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
index 261471c..a9aafd3 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
@@ -384,9 +384,10 @@
<para>
The resulting <filename>.config</filename> file is
- located in
- <filename>${</filename><ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-WORKDIR'><filename>WORKDIR</filename></ulink><filename>}</filename> under the
- <filename>linux-${</filename><ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_ARCH'><filename>PACKAGE_ARCH</filename></ulink><filename>}-${<ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE'><filename>LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE</filename></ulink>}-build</filename>
directory.
+ located in the build directory,
+ <filename>${</filename><ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-B'><filename>B</filename></ulink><filename>}</filename>,
+ which expands to
+ <filename>${</filename><ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-WORKDIR'><filename>WORKDIR</filename></ulink><filename>}</filename><filename>/linux-</filename><filename>${</filename><ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_ARCH'><filename>PACKAGE_ARCH</filename></ulink><filename>}-${</filename><ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE'><filename>LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE</filename></ulink><filename>}-build</filename>.
You can use the entire <filename>.config</filename> file as the
<filename>defconfig</filename> file as described in the
"<link linkend='changing-the-configuration'>Changing the Configuration</link>" section.
@@ -394,6 +395,16 @@
see the
"<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#using-menuconfig'>Using
<filename>menuconfig</filename></ulink>"
section in the Yocto Project Development Manual.
+ <note>
+ You can determine what a variable expands to by looking
+ at the output of the <filename>bitbake -e</filename>
+ command:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ $ bitbake -e virtual/kernel
+ </literallayout>
+ Search the output for the variable in which you are
+ interested to see exactly how it is expanded and used.
+ </note>
</para>
<para>
@@ -512,8 +523,14 @@
</literallayout>
Taking this step ensures you have the sources prepared
and the configuration completed.
- You can find the sources in the
- <filename>${</filename><ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-WORKDIR'><filename>WORKDIR</filename></ulink><filename>}/linux</filename>
directory.
+ You can find the sources in the build directory within the
+ <filename>source/</filename> directory, which is a symlink
+ (i.e. <filename>${</filename><ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-B'><filename>B</filename></ulink><filename>}/source</filename>).
+ The <filename>source/</filename> directory expands to
+ <filename>${</filename><ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-WORKDIR'><filename>WORKDIR</filename></ulink><filename>}</filename><filename>/linux-</filename><filename>${</filename><ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_ARCH'><filename>PACKAGE_ARCH</filename></ulink><filename>}-${</filename><ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE'><filename>LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE</filename></ulink><filename>}-build/source</filename>.
+ The directory pointed to by the
+ <filename>source/</filename> symlink is also known as
+ <filename>${</filename><ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-STAGING_KERNEL_DIR'><filename>STAGING_KERNEL_DIR</filename></ulink><filename>}</filename>.
</para>
<para>
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