in yocto imagebuildscripts there is a config variable named "IMAGE_FEATURES" i want to create a custom Imagefeature.
I searched my yocto installation which runs poky for existing imagefeatures but i wasn't able to find it.
IMAGE_FEATURES is a bit special, as its basically being hardcoded into image.bbclass.
Generally you are way better off creating custom DISTRO_FEATURES, and triggering on them whereever needed. See packagegroup-core-boot as an example of a recipe changing behaviour based on DISTRO_FEATURE in various places.
Usage wise there is little difference, the only thing you can't do is set DISTRO_FEATURES in the image recipe. If that is your actual need, then you probably should pour the new functionality in a custom image class the includes and extends image.bbclassm and call it myimage.bbclass (or similar).
EDIT:
Initially, I referred to the dropbear recipe as an example that triggers behaviour based on systemd being set as DISTRO_FEATURE. This is technically correct (and it was the first recipe that came to my mind), but probably confusing as there is a dropbear spedific IMAGE_FEATURE too.
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Using Dymola, I'm looking for a way to automatically execute a script when loading a library. The intention is to define additional displayUnits using the defineUnitConversion() command, which are specific to the library that is loaded. Still I think there are quite some other cases where this could be helpful.
What I figured out in this regard:
I know that it is possible to add conversions to the file in DymolaInstallDir/insert/displayUnits.mos but this comes with the disadvantage that is has to be done again on every new computer or after an update of Dymola. I would like to avoid this.
Other than that I only found the libraryinfo.mos file, which seems to be read during the start-up of Dymola. Therefore I assume it is not the right place to put the conversions, as it contains general information about the library and should only contain the respective functions.
Dymola 2022 has a new (tool-specific) feature that covers exactly this use-case. It is mentioned in the Dymola 2022 release notes in the section "Library startup script" on page 24.
It basically introduces the a new annotation, which allows to specify a path to a .mos script, which is executed, when the respective library is loaded. Here is the example from the release notes:
package ThisPack
annotation(__Dymola_startup =
"modelica://ThisPack/Resources/Scripts/Dymola/startup.mos");
end ThisPack;
The annotation can also be set via the UI...
I am currently working on Yocto, want to integrate xvisor hypervisor into Yocto.
I wrote a recipe for xvisor, but how can I tell to the system like I am doing for
linux and uboot using PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel and PREFERRED_PROVIDER_u-boot
I tried with PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/xvisor, but it is not taking.
How to compile the code, i.e do_compile()
According to Yocto Documentations PREFERRED_PROVIDER's usage is as below.
If multiple recipes provide an item, this variable determines which recipe should be given preference.You should always suffix the variable with the name of the provided item, and you should set it to the PN of the recipe to which you want to give precedence.
You simply cannot use PREFERRED_PROVIDERS_virtual/xvisor unless meta-virtualization layer is added.
If you want to add hypervisor support, you have to use meta-virtualization layer in your yoctobuild.
Reference to start with
just out of curiosity:
As you all might or might know, it is possible to set a custom BE logo with $GLOBALS['TBE_STYLES']['logo'] = '../fileadmin/mylogo.png'; in typo3conf/extTables.php.
This behavior is working since old v4.x times.
But I just read that extTables will be deprecated in v8.x.
I tried to find a simple solution to this (one that keeps that one-line simplicity and does NOT require me to create&install an extension!)
I moved this line to typo3conf/AdditionalConfiguration.php,
but it does not work from there.
Why?
What would be necessary to make this line work within typo3conf/AdditionalConfiguration.php ?
In TYPO3 8.x you'll be able to change a backend logo via EXT:backend, so you should stick to that approach. Read more in release notes.
UPDATE.
To answer your question, why TBE_STYLES defined in AdditionalConfiguration are ignored: take a look at unsetReservedGlobalVariables() method from \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Core\Bootstrap class. It is executed after all the configuration is initialized (Local and Additional are merged and populated) and explicitly calls unset($GLOBALS['TBE_STYLES']);.
I have a custom machine layer based on https://github.com/jumpnow/meta-wandboard.
I've upgraded the kernel to 4.8.6 and want to add X11 to the image.
I'm modifying to image recipe (console-image.bb).
Since wandboard is based on i.MX6, I want to include the xf86-video-imxfb-vivante package from meta-fsl-arm.
However, it fails complaining about inability to build kernel-module-imx-gpu-viv. I believe that happens because xf86-video-imxfb-vivante DEPENDS on imx-gpu-viv which in turn RDEPENDS on kernel-module-imx-gpu-viv.
I realize that those dependencies have been created with meta-fsl-arm BSP and vanilla Poky distribution. But those things are way outdated for wandboard, hence I am using the custom machine layer with modern kernel.
The kernel is configured to include the Vivante DRM module and I really don't want the kernel-module-imx-gpu-viv package to be built.
Is there a way to exclude it from RDEPENDS? Can I somehow swear my health to the build system that I will take care of this specific run-time dependency myself?
I have tried blacklisting 'kernel-module-imx-gpu-viv' setting PNBLACKLIST[kernel-module-imx-gpu-viv] in my local.conf, but that's just a part of a solution. It helps avoid build failures, but the packaging process still fails.
IIUC you problem comes from these lines in img-gpu-viv recipe:
FILES_libgal-mx6 = "${libdir}/libGAL${SOLIBS} ${libdir}/libGAL_egl${SOLIBS}"
FILES_libgal-mx6-dev = "${libdir}/libGAL${SOLIBSDEV} ${includedir}/HAL"
RDEPENDS_libgal-mx6 += "kernel-module-imx-gpu-viv"
INSANE_SKIP_libgal-mx6 += "build-deps"
I would actually qualify this RDEPENDS as a bug, usually kernel module dependencies are specified as RRECOMMENDS because most modules can be compiled into the kernel thus making no separate package at all while still providing the functionality. But that's another issue.
There are several ways to fix this problem, the first general route is to tweak RDEPENDS for the package. It's just a bitbake variable, so you can either assign it some other value or remove some portion of it. In the first case it's going to look somewhat like this:
RDEPENDS_libgal-mx6 = ""
In the second one:
RDEPENDS_libgal-mx6_remove = "kernel-module-imx-gpu-viv"
Obviously, these two options have different implications for your present and future work. In general I would opt for the softer one which is the second, because it has less potential for breakage when you're to update meta-fsl-arm layer, which can change imx-gpu-viv recipe in any kind of way. But when you're overriding some more complex recipe with big lists in variables and you're modifying it heavily (not just removing a thing or two) it might be easier to maintain it with full hard assignment of variables.
Now there is also a question of where to do this variable mangling. The main option is .bbappend in your layer, that's what appends are made for, but you can also do this from your distro configuration (if you're maintaining your own distro it might be easier to have all these tweaks in one place, rather than sprayed into numerous appends) or from your local.conf (which is a nice place to quickly try it out, but probably not something to use in longer term). I usually use .bbappend.
But there is also a completely different approach to this problem, rather than fixing package dependencies you can also fix what some other package provides. If for example you have a kernel configured to have imx-gpu-viv module built right into the main zimage you can do
RPROVIDES_kernel-image += "kernel-module-imx-gpu-viv"
(also in .bbappend, distro configuration or local.conf) and that's it.
In any case your approach to fixing this problem should reflect the difference between your setup and recipe assumptions. If you do have the module, but in a different package, then go for RPROVIDES, if you have some other module providing the same functionality to libgal-mx6 package then fix libgal-mx6 dependencies (and it's better to fix them, meaning not only drop something you don't need, but also add things that are relevant for your setup).
I have a third-party Yocto layer which provides a recipe (let's call it recipe.bb) which references a local include file using require recipe.inc).
I have then created a custom layer and I would like to "replace" the included file recipe.inc with a custom version of it, provided by me. Is it possible? I've already tried to put my own recipe.inc in my folder and then using FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}:" in my recipe_%.bbappend but it does not work and the original recipe.inc is still included...
Is there a way for doing that?
No, it's not possible to override an .inc-file like that.
If you really need to do that, you could just as well copy recipe.bb into your own layer as well. Normally, the .inc file has all the logics, and the .bb-file only has the version specific stuff. Thus, replacing the .inc file would basically be equal to writing a new recipe.
What are you trying to do, that would require changing all the logics?
Are you sure that it's not enough to add a .bbappend file in your own layer, and override a smaller selection of tasks / variables from the .inc-file?