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André Draszik fe90376aca module.bbclass: use Module.symvers for dependants
When compiling multiple external kernel modules, where one
depends on the other, there are two problems at the
moment:
1) we get compile time warnings from the kernel build
   system due to missing symbols (from modpost).
2) Any modules generated are missing dependency
   information (in the .modinfo elf section) for any
   dependencies outside the current source tree and
   outside the kernel itself.

This is expected, but the kernel build system has a way to
deal with this - the dependent module is expected to
specify KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS (as a space-separated list)
to point to any and all Module.symvers of kernel modules
that are dependencies.

While 1) by itself is not really a big issue, 2) prevents
the packaging process from generating cross-source tree
package dependencies.

As a first step to solve the missing dependencies in
packages created, we:
1) install Module.symvers of all external kernel module
   builds (into a location that is automatically packaged
   into the -dev package)
2) make use of KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS and pass the location
   of all Module.symvers of all kernel-module-* packages
   we depend on

This solves both problems mentioned above.

(From OE-Core rev: 88f1bc77c22091fccb00e80839adfdf34534187f)

Signed-off-by: André Draszik <git@andred.net>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-09-09 11:53:36 +01:00
bitbake bitbake: cooker: record events on cooker exit 2016-09-08 00:33:47 +01:00
documentation ref-manual: Fixed small wording in PKGR in the glossary 2016-08-25 23:09:29 +01:00
meta module.bbclass: use Module.symvers for dependants 2016-09-09 11:53:36 +01:00
meta-poky poky: Update to linux-yocto 4.8 for qemu* machines 2016-09-05 11:56:52 +01:00
meta-selftest selftest/runtime-test.py: Add test for testexport SDK feature 2016-08-04 15:22:22 +01:00
meta-skeleton service: obey CFLAGS, LDFLAGS 2016-07-08 09:57:26 +01:00
meta-yocto/conf meta-yocto: Rename to meta-poky to better match its purpose 2016-02-28 11:31:17 +00:00
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.templateconf meta-yocto: Rename to meta-poky to better match its purpose 2016-02-28 11:31:17 +00:00
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README meta-yocto: Rename to meta-poky to better match its purpose 2016-02-28 11:31:17 +00:00
README.hardware README.hardware: drop mention of binary-only drivers 2015-08-25 10:47:19 +01:00

Poky
====

Poky is an integration of various components to form a complete prepackaged
build system and development environment. It features support for building
customised embedded device style images. There are reference demo images
featuring a X11/Matchbox/GTK themed UI called Sato. The system supports
cross-architecture application development using QEMU emulation and a
standalone toolchain and SDK with IDE integration.

Additional information on the specifics of hardware that Poky supports
is available in README.hardware. Further hardware support can easily be added
in the form of layers which extend the systems capabilities in a modular way.

As an integration layer Poky consists of several upstream projects such as 
BitBake, OpenEmbedded-Core, Yocto documentation and various sources of information 
e.g. for the hardware support. Poky is in turn a component of the Yocto Project.

The Yocto Project has extensive documentation about the system including a 
reference manual which can be found at:
    http://yoctoproject.org/documentation

OpenEmbedded-Core is a layer containing the core metadata for current versions
of OpenEmbedded. It is distro-less (can build a functional image with
DISTRO = "nodistro") and contains only emulated machine support.

For information about OpenEmbedded, see the OpenEmbedded website:
    http://www.openembedded.org/

Where to Send Patches
=====================

As Poky is an integration repository (built using a tool called combo-layer),
patches against the various components should be sent to their respective
upstreams:

bitbake:
    Git repository: http://git.openembedded.org/bitbake/
    Mailing list: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org

documentation:
    Git repository: http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/yocto-docs/
    Mailing list: yocto@yoctoproject.org

meta-poky, meta-yocto-bsp:
    Git repository: http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-yocto(-bsp)
    Mailing list: poky@yoctoproject.org

Everything else should be sent to the OpenEmbedded Core mailing list.  If in
doubt, check the oe-core git repository for the content you intend to modify.
Before sending, be sure the patches apply cleanly to the current oe-core git
repository.

    Git repository: http://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/
    Mailing list: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org

Note: The scripts directory should be treated with extra care as it is a mix of
oe-core and poky-specific files.