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For the native tools, a static patch inserted gcc/g++/ld/ar while later
adding BUILD_LDFLAGS and BUILD_CFLAGS with sed. Now it's all done with sed,
which has the advantage that it uses the actual compile variables. However,
in practice those are the same.
More importantly, picking the build tools for the target was
broken. ovmf-native tried to insert TARGET_PREFIX into the tools
definition file, but that variable is empty in a native recipe. As a
result, "gcc" was used instead of "${HOST_PREFIX}gcc", leading to an
undesirable dependency on the host compiler and potentially
(probably?!) causing some of the build issues that were seen for ovmf.
The new approach is to override the tool selection in ovmf-native so
that the HOST_PREFIX env variable is used, which then gets exported
during do_compile for the target.
While at it, Python code that gets appened to do_patch only to call
shell functions gets replaced with the do_patch[postfuncs] mechanism.
Incremental builds now always use the tools definition from the
current ovmf-native; previously, only the initial build copied the
template file.
Probably the entire split into ovmf-native and ovmf could be
removed. This merely hasn't been attempted yet.
(From OE-Core rev: 23a12d87a6e82f80f4ccc1a01c707faa89ff7abd)
Signed-off-by: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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.