DRA829V: devtool modify stops working when a new ti linux kernel is added to meta-ti

Oliver Talevski

Part Number: DRA829V

Dear,

When a new ti linux kernel version is added in meta-ti "devtool modify --no-extract linux-ti-staging <local_repo>" stops working. It starts working again when we start using the latest kernel version but that is not always possible.

The root cause for this is the use of left hand side variables:

PREFERRED_VERSION_${BSP_KERNEL_PROVIDER} ?= "${BSP_KERNEL_VERSION}"

in https://git.ti.com/cgit/arago-project/meta-ti/tree/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/ti-bsp.inc#n102

This works fine when building but in "devtool modify" chain left hand side variables are not expanded, resulting in PREFFERED_VERSION_linux-ti-staging returning "None" and bitbake will fall back to highest available version. Now that is 6.18 but we are still on 6.12.

4 months ago

0 Suman Anna 4 months ago

TI__Guru*** 126255 points

Hi Oliver,

Thanks for the report. Our Yocto support expert is currently on vacation until end of next week. So, please expect a delay in response on this thread.

regards

Suman

0 Jared McArthur 3 months ago in reply to Suman Anna

TI__Mastermind 28280 points

Hi Oliver Talevski,

Oliver Talevski said:
The root cause for this is the use of left hand side variables

Are there docs which say this?

Are you able to just hardcode the ti-bsp.inc for the specific version you want?

Best,
Jared

0 Oliver Talevski 3 months ago in reply to Jared McArthur

Prodigy 55 points

Hi,

No, I can't find any documentation for this.

Changing:

PREFERRED_VERSION_${BSP_KERNEL_PROVIDER} ?= "${BSP_KERNEL_VERSION}"

to:

PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-ti-staging ?= "${BSP_KERNEL_VERSION}"

in ti-bsp.inc resolvs the issue.

0 Jared McArthur 3 months ago in reply to Oliver Talevski

TI__Mastermind 28280 points

Hi Oliver Talevski,

Can this thread be marked as resolved?

Best,
Jared

0 Oliver Talevski 3 months ago in reply to Jared McArthur

Prodigy 55 points

Hello,

It is not a good solution for us to change in meta-ti. We would need to fork and maintain the repository for this small fix. Better if you can fix the issue directly in your repo. Currently we sync meta-ti from git.yoctoproject.org/.../meta-ti