[Gumstix-users] yocto build notes

[Trevor W. <two...@gm...>]

Hi everyone,

Sorry if this is common knowledge and I'm just adding to the noise. I
recently
performed a build from source using the new Yocto-based build and stumbled
across two potential build issues and wanted to document them in case
anyone else has the same problems.

To be clear I'm following the directions from this link:
https://github.com/gumstix/Gumstix-YoctoProject-Repo/blob/master/README.md

which I obtained from here:
http://gumstix.org/software-development/open-embedded/209-yocto.html

and I'm performing a build on the stable, master branch, not the unstable
dev branch.



1) build fails because of a git fetch failure in prelink-native or
prelink-cross and yet
performing the git clone operation by hand works perfectly fine

    $ bitbake prelink-native
    WARNING: Host distribution "openSUSE 12.2" has not been validated with
this version of the build system; you may possibly experience unexpected
failures. It is recommended that you use a tested distribution.
    Loading cache: 100%
|################################################################################|
ETA:  00:00:00
    Loaded 1639 entries from dependency cache.
    Parsing recipes: 100%
|################################################################################|
Time: 00:00:00
    Parsing of 1304 .bb files complete (1301 cached, 3 parsed). 1641
targets, 31 skipped, 0 masked, 0 errors.

    OE Build Configuration:
    BB_VERSION        = "1.15.2"
    TARGET_ARCH       = "arm"
    TARGET_OS         = "linux-gnueabi"
    MACHINE           = "overo"
    DISTRO            = "poky"
    DISTRO_VERSION    = "1.2.1"
    TUNE_FEATURES     = "armv7a vfp neon cortexa8"
    TARGET_FPU        = "vfp-neon"
    meta
    meta-yocto        =
"(nobranch):846b7c388738f382e83576e77b705aa547c1dd9b"
    meta-gnome
    meta-oe
    meta-xfce         =
"(nobranch):e77646bc2cf905fd671fc5c19ab6fd17f9b94b3f"
    meta-gumstix      =
"(nobranch):22ceac3d709dcad1691f915d7e35d07695b65f88"

    NOTE: Resolving any missing task queue dependencies
    NOTE: Preparing runqueue
    NOTE: Executing SetScene Tasks
    NOTE: Executing RunQueue Tasks
    NOTE: Running task 113 of 152 (ID: 4,
virtual:native:/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/prelink/
prelink_git.bb, do_fetch)
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_fetch: Started
    WARNING: Failed to fetch URL git://
git.yoctoproject.org/prelink-cross.git;protocol=git
    ERROR: Fetcher failure: Fetch command export HOME="[snip]"; export
GIT_CONFIG="[snip]"; export PATH="[snip]"; git remote add --mirror=fetch
origin git://git.yoctoproject.org/prelink-cross.git could not be run:
    None
    ERROR: Function failed: Fetcher failure for URL: 'git://
git.yoctoproject.org/prelink-cross.git;protocol=git'. Unable to fetch URL
from any source.
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_fetch: Failed
    ERROR: Task 4
(virtual:native:/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/prelink/
prelink_git.bb, do_fetch) failed with exit code '1'
    NOTE: Tasks Summary: Attempted 141 tasks of which 140 didn't need to be
rerun and 1 failed.

    Summary: 1 task failed:

virtual:native:/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/prelink/
prelink_git.bb, do_fetch
    Summary: There were 2 WARNING messages shown.
    Summary: There were 2 ERROR messages shown, returning a non-zero exit
code.



In my case I like to keep my version of git fairly up to date; currently
I'm running git-1.8.1
from git's git repository. The stable gumstix build, however, is based on a
release of Yocto
from a couple months back. As it turns out using a newer git with that
version of bitbake's
fetching tools isn't compatible.

The solution is to downgrade my host's git tools (or I could have just used
my distribution's
released git tools instead of my own). I downgraded git to version 1.7.7
and it worked fine.



2) build fails trying to perform the do_install step of linux-sakoman-3.5.bb,
the 'make' tool is
complaining about "no rule to make target .../firmware/./"


    $ bitbake linux-sakoman
    WARNING: Host distribution "openSUSE 12.2" has not been validated with
this version of the build system; you may possibly experience unexpected
failures. It is recommended that you use a tested distribution.
    Loading cache: 100% |##########| ETA:  00:00:00
    Loaded 1639 entries from dependency cache.
    Parsing recipes: 100% |##########| Time: 00:00:00
    Parsing of 1304 .bb files complete (1301 cached, 3 parsed). 1641
targets, 31 skipped, 0 masked, 0 errors.

    OE Build Configuration:
    BB_VERSION        = "1.15.2"
    TARGET_ARCH       = "arm"
    TARGET_OS         = "linux-gnueabi"
    MACHINE           = "overo"
    DISTRO            = "poky"
    DISTRO_VERSION    = "1.2.1"
    TUNE_FEATURES     = "armv7a vfp neon cortexa8"
    TARGET_FPU        = "vfp-neon"
    meta
    meta-yocto        =
"(nobranch):846b7c388738f382e83576e77b705aa547c1dd9b"
    meta-gnome
    meta-oe
    meta-xfce         =
"(nobranch):e77646bc2cf905fd671fc5c19ab6fd17f9b94b3f"
    meta-gumstix      =
"(nobranch):22ceac3d709dcad1691f915d7e35d07695b65f88"

    NOTE: Resolving any missing task queue dependencies
    NOTE: Preparing runqueue
    NOTE: Executing SetScene Tasks
    NOTE: Executing RunQueue Tasks
    NOTE: Running task 335 of 746 (ID: 86,
virtual:native:/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/prelink/
prelink_git.bb, do_fetch)
    NOTE: Running task 382 of 746 (ID: 4,
/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta-gumstix/recipes-kernel/linux/
linux-sakoman_3.5.bb, do_fetch)
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_fetch: Started
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_fetch: Started
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_fetch: Succeeded
    NOTE: Running task 680 of 746 (ID: 82,
virtual:native:/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/prelink/
prelink_git.bb, do_unpack)
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_unpack: Started
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_unpack: Succeeded
    NOTE: Running task 681 of 746 (ID: 83,
virtual:native:/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/prelink/
prelink_git.bb, do_patch)
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_fetch: Succeeded
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_patch: Started
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_patch: Succeeded
    NOTE: Running task 682 of 746 (ID: 0,
/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta-gumstix/recipes-kernel/linux/
linux-sakoman_3.5.bb, do_unpack)
    NOTE: Running task 683 of 746 (ID: 87,
virtual:native:/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/prelink/
prelink_git.bb, do_configure)
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_unpack: Started
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_configure: Started
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_configure: Succeeded
    NOTE: Running task 685 of 746 (ID: 88,
virtual:native:/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/prelink/
prelink_git.bb, do_compile)
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_compile: Started
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_compile: Succeeded
    NOTE: Running task 686 of 746 (ID: 84,
virtual:native:/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/prelink/
prelink_git.bb, do_install)
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_install: Started
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_install: Succeeded
    NOTE: Running task 687 of 746 (ID: 85,
virtual:native:/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/prelink/
prelink_git.bb, do_populate_sysroot)
    NOTE: Running noexec task 690 of 746 (ID: 89,
virtual:native:/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/prelink/
prelink_git.bb, do_package_write)
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_populate_sysroot: Started
    NOTE: package
prelink-native-1.0+git1+7b47f2f8a15ed13b7905bc120bb2586f3e164f7d-r9: task
do_populate_sysroot: Succeeded
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_unpack: Succeeded
    NOTE: Running task 733 of 746 (ID: 1,
/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta-gumstix/recipes-kernel/linux/
linux-sakoman_3.5.bb, do_patch)
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_patch: Started
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_patch: Succeeded
    NOTE: Running task 734 of 746 (ID: 6,
/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta-gumstix/recipes-kernel/linux/
linux-sakoman_3.5.bb, do_configure)
    NOTE: Running task 735 of 746 (ID: 14,
/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta-gumstix/recipes-kernel/linux/
linux-sakoman_3.5.bb, do_populate_lic)
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_configure: Started
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_populate_lic: Started
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_populate_lic: Succeeded
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_configure: Succeeded
    NOTE: Running task 736 of 746 (ID: 7,
/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta-gumstix/recipes-kernel/linux/
linux-sakoman_3.5.bb, do_compile)
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_compile: Started
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_compile: Succeeded
    NOTE: Running task 737 of 746 (ID: 9,
/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta-gumstix/recipes-kernel/linux/
linux-sakoman_3.5.bb, do_compile_kernelmodules)
    NOTE: Running task 738 of 746 (ID: 8,
/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta-gumstix/recipes-kernel/linux/
linux-sakoman_3.5.bb, do_sizecheck)
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_compile_kernelmodules:
Started
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_sizecheck: Started
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_sizecheck: Succeeded
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_compile_kernelmodules:
Succeeded
    NOTE: Running task 739 of 746 (ID: 2,
/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta-gumstix/recipes-kernel/linux/
linux-sakoman_3.5.bb, do_install)
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_install: Started
    ERROR: Function failed: do_install (see
/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/build/tmp/work/overo-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-sakoman-3.5-r0/temp/log.do_install.11331
for further information)
    ERROR: Logfile of failure stored in:
/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/build/tmp/work/overo-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-sakoman-3.5-r0/temp/log.do_install.11331
    Log data follows:
    | NOTE: make -j 4 DEPMOD=echo
INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/build/tmp/work/overo-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-sakoman-3.5-r0/image
modules_install
    |   INSTALL block/cfq-iosched.ko
    |   INSTALL drivers/hwmon/adt7462.ko
    |   INSTALL drivers/hwmon/adt7470.ko
    |   INSTALL drivers/hwmon/adt7475.ko

    [...snip... 100's more of the same...]

    |   MKDIR
/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/build/tmp/work/overo-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-sakoman-3.5-r0/image/lib/firmware/emi26/
    | make[1]: *** No rule to make target
`/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/build/tmp/work/overo-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-sakoman-3.5-r0/image/lib/firmware/./',
needed by
`/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/build/tmp/work/overo-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-sakoman-3.5-r0/image/lib/firmware/ti_3410.fw'.
Stop.
    | make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
    |   MKDIR
/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/build/tmp/work/overo-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-sakoman-3.5-r0/image/lib/firmware/emi62/
    |   MKDIR
/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/build/tmp/work/overo-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-sakoman-3.5-r0/image/lib/firmware/kaweth/
    | make: *** [_modinst_post] Error 2
    | ERROR: oe_runmake failed
    NOTE: package linux-sakoman-3.5-r0: task do_install: Failed
    ERROR: Task 2
(/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta-gumstix/recipes-kernel/linux/
linux-sakoman_3.5.bb, do_install) failed with exit code '1'
    NOTE: Tasks Summary: Attempted 739 tasks of which 722 didn't need to be
rerun and 1 failed.

    Summary: 1 task failed:

/home/trevor/devel/gumstix/overo/yocto/gumstix/poky/meta-gumstix/recipes-kernel/linux/
linux-sakoman_3.5.bb, do_install
    Summary: There was 1 WARNING message shown.
    Summary: There was 1 ERROR message shown, returning a non-zero exit
code.



This is a problem anyone using the latest version of 'make' (3.82) is going
to face. In my
case openSuSE (release 12.2) has upgraded to the latest version of the
'make' utility
(meanwhile most other distributions have not). The semantics of how
make-3.82 work
have changed in such a way that many older Makefiles no longer work
correctly.

The solution is to fetch your own copy of make-3.81, compile, build, and
install it someone
so that it appears in your PATH before your system's make-3.82.



After "fixing" these two problems the above build completed successfully.