[OE-core] [PATCH] kernel-devsrc: add 'make scripts' postinstall

[Ming Liu]

On 11/23/2015 02:46 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> On 15-11-22 05:40 PM, Ming Liu wrote:
>> From: Ming Liu <peter.x.liu at external.atlascopco.com>
>>
>> Run 'make scripts' inside qemu in order to create script binaries that
>> needed by external modules build on the target.
>>
>> This 'make scripts' might fail in some cases, for instance, if 
>> toolchain or
>> make command is not installed on the target, but the postinstall should
>> always succeed, it will not break the package installation so the 
>> behaviour
>> is consistent.
>
> What about just making the package depend on the toolchain ? That was
> the approach that I was going to take .. but haven't gotten there yet.
Yes, that makes more sense from the dependency point of view, I also 
thought about that, but I did not want to introduce extra dependencies 
at that time. But maybe it's a better solution, I will send the V1 soon.

>
> The compilation step worried me at first, but since devsrc is already
> quite heavy, adding the extra dependency and compile phase shouldn't be
> a big issue.
I am on board.

>
> For Yocto 2.1, I'm changing the packaging of the kernel source, headers
> and development chunks. But this change shouldn't be an issue with that.
> I'll let you know when I get a bit further along with that work.
Thanks, good to know that.

>
>>
>> [YOCTO #6630]
>
> Once minor 'nit .. if you are submitting a change for a bug that
> is assigned to me .. why haven't I heard anything about it until
> now ?
Really sorry about that, I just started to look at it on last Sunday, 
then this solution came out of my mind, but I should talk to you before 
submitting it.

//Ming Liu
>
> Bruce
>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ming Liu <peter.x.liu at external.atlascopco.com>
>> ---
>>   meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb | 13 ++++++++++++-
>>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb 
>> b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
>> index 196c8c7..8b366c3 100644
>> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
>> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = 
>> "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/GPL-2.0;md5=801f80980d171dd6425
>>   inherit linux-kernel-base
>>
>>   # Whilst not a module, this ensures we don't get multilib extended 
>> (which would make no sense)
>> -inherit module-base
>> +inherit module-base qemu
>>
>>   # We need the kernel to be staged (unpacked, patched and 
>> configured) before
>>   # we can grab the source and make the source package. We also need 
>> the bits from
>> @@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ do_install() {
>>   # Ensure we don't race against "make scripts" during cpio
>>   do_install[lockfiles] = "${TMPDIR}/kernel-scripts.lock"
>>
>> +pkg_postinst_${PN} () {
>> +    if [ -n "$D" ]; then
>> +        ${@qemu_run_binary(d, '$D', '${bindir}/make')} \
>> +            -C $D${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} O=$D${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} scripts
>> +    else
>> +        make -C ${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} O=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} scripts \
>> +            >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
>> +    fi
>> +}
>> +
>>   PACKAGES = "kernel-devsrc"
>>   FILES_${PN} = "${KERNEL_SRC_PATH}"
>> +DEPENDS = "qemu-native"
>>   RDEPENDS_${PN} = "bc"
>>
>