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author | Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com> | 2017-10-22 09:04:47 -0400 |
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committer | Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com> | 2017-10-22 09:07:38 -0400 |
commit | 71dc7faa0c7ceb9396e51bf7a77502c3781a54f2 (patch) | |
tree | 02e23b539a53cc3146e328094401e1ce23d0cc13 /README | |
parent | df188e48e73e3ee209fa4b923f522b195562bdaf (diff) | |
download | meta-virtualization-71dc7faa0c7ceb9396e51bf7a77502c3781a54f2.tar.gz |
README: document sanity check skip
The variable that must be set to disable the virtualization distro
feature check was not documented in the README ... making it not
so useful.
Signed-off-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -4,10 +4,27 @@ meta-virtualization | |||
4 | This layer provides support for building Xen, KVM, Libvirt, and associated | 4 | This layer provides support for building Xen, KVM, Libvirt, and associated |
5 | packages necessary for constructing OE-based virtualized solutions. | 5 | packages necessary for constructing OE-based virtualized solutions. |
6 | 6 | ||
7 | The bbappend files for some recipe (e.g. linux-yocto) in this layer need to | 7 | The bbappend files for some recipe (e.g. linux-yocto) in this layer needs to |
8 | have 'virtualization' in DISTRO_FEATURES to have effect. To enable them, add | 8 | have 'virtualization' in DISTRO_FEATURES to have effect. To enable them, add |
9 | in configuration file the following line. | 9 | in configuration file the following line. |
10 | DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " virtualization" | 10 | |
11 | DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " virtualization" | ||
12 | |||
13 | If meta-virtualization is included, but virtualization is not enabled as a | ||
14 | distro feature a warning is printed at parse time: | ||
15 | |||
16 | You have included the meta-virtualization layer, but | ||
17 | 'virtualization' has not been enabled in your DISTRO_FEATURES. Some bbappend files | ||
18 | may not take effect. See the meta-virtualization README for details on enabling | ||
19 | virtualization support. | ||
20 | |||
21 | If you know what you are doing, this warning can be disabled by setting the following | ||
22 | variable in your configuration: | ||
23 | |||
24 | SKIP_META_VIRT_SANITY_CHECK = 1 | ||
25 | |||
26 | Also note that there are kvm and xen specific distro flags/features that depending | ||
27 | on your use case. | ||
11 | 28 | ||
12 | Dependencies | 29 | Dependencies |
13 | ------------ | 30 | ------------ |