10415 2016-10-12 01:44:16 +0000 devtool: add: override preferred kernel when a new one is added 2017-12-06 17:12:20 +0000 1 1 6 Yocto Project Subprojects eSDK eSDK unspecified x86 Multiple RESOLVED FIXED Medium+ enhancement 2.5 11102 1 bluelightning juan.m.cruz.alcaraz leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez --- --- No (bug/feature does not impact docs) oldest_to_newest 67161 0 bluelightning 2016-10-12 01:44:16 +0000 If you use devtool add on a kernel source tree, a kernel recipe is generated based on the one in meta-skeleton. However in order to actually build that, PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel needs to be changed. If we're not inside the eSDK then we can just display a warning, but within the eSDK the configuration is controlled so we can just change it within the tool. Presumably we'd only want to allow having one kernel recipe in the workspace at a time though. 67162 1 bluelightning 2016-10-12 01:48:42 +0000 A further thought - we might want to implement this generically for any configured PREFERRED_PROVIDER rather than just doing it specifically for PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel. 70921 2 leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez 2017-02-23 17:45:55 +0000 bug 11102 must be completed in order to fully test this enhancement. 70925 3 leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez 2017-02-23 18:25:36 +0000 (In reply to comment #1) > A further thought - we might want to implement this generically for any > configured PREFERRED_PROVIDER rather than just doing it specifically for > PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel. Paul, at least for the kernel, this is the proposed patch http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky-contrib/log/?h=lsandov1/devtool-override-prefered-kernel This is done on the add plugin. 73993 4 leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez 2017-06-12 16:11:15 +0000 The dependency is not complete yet, so moving it to next milestone. 75012 5 jose.a.lamego 2017-07-13 16:31:30 +0000 Paul: can you elaborate on why setting PREFERRED_PROVIDER should be done in other place rather than at the add plugin as Leo's proposal? (scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py) So far, I manually included the missing directory mentioned in bug 11102 to be able to test Leo's patch and it allows to successfully create the recipe with devtool add and then remove it using devtool reset (solves the errors "Nothing PROVIDES 'ly2'", "ly2 was skipped: Set PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel to ly2 to enable it"). 75199 6 bluelightning 2017-07-20 15:48:03 +0000 It's not about where it is set, it's about handling the generic PREFERRED_PROVIDER mechanism rather than doing it specifically for PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel. I would suggest iterating over the items in PROVIDES and then check if PREFERRED_PROVIDER for each one is set to a value that it is different to PN for the recipe we are dealing with. BTW, the proposed patch cannot work, it sets PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel in a bbappend which will not take effect. In order to work this needs to be set at the configuration level.