From 460b55ee53080ac37c815cc7d88121bafa127b02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dalon Westergreen Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:48:36 -0700 Subject: Update README with information regarding kernel selection --- README.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 74d6c75..a6bc000 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,3 +10,30 @@ and raj.khem@gmail.com Maintainers: Khem Raj Yves Vandervennet + +Specifying Kernel Version +========================= +This layer has a few providers for the kernel. These are the linux-altera, +linux-altera-ltsi, and linux-altera-ltsi-rt kernels. There are also +linux-altera-dev and linux-altera-ltsi-dev kernels which follow the current +development versions of those kernels. + +To specify a linux-altera kernel, add the following to your conf/local.conf + + PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-altera" + PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-altera = "4.3%" + +or for the linux-altera-ltsi kernel + + PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-altera-ltsi" + PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-alterai-ltsi = "3.10%" + +Please note that older kernels will not compile with GCC 5+ and you will need +to specify in your conf/local.conf to revert to older 4.9 toolchain. + + GCCVERSION = "4.9%" + + or + + ANGSTROM_GCC_VERSION_arm = "linaro-4.9%" + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf