3 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
index e4cff3a23e..e81d887268 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class SkippedPackage:
 
 
 class CookerFeatures(object):
-    _feature_list = [HOB_EXTRA_CACHES, SEND_DEPENDS_TREE, BASEDATASTORE_TRACKING] = range(3)
+    _feature_list = [HOB_EXTRA_CACHES, SEND_DEPENDS_TREE, BASEDATASTORE_TRACKING, SEND_SANITYEVENTS] = range(4)
 
     def __init__(self):
         self._features=set()
@@ -1268,6 +1268,8 @@ class BBCooker:
 
         if self.state != state.parsing:
             self.parseConfiguration ()
+            if CookerFeatures.SEND_SANITYEVENTS in self.featureset:
+                bb.event.fire(bb.event.SanityCheck(False), self.data)
 
             ignore = self.data.getVar("ASSUME_PROVIDED", True) or ""
             self.recipecache.ignored_dependencies = set(ignore.split())
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
index 10eae5fde8..e2050431ec 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
@@ -601,8 +601,11 @@ class MetadataEvent(Event):
 
 class SanityCheck(Event):
     """
-    Event to issue sanity check
+    Event to runs sanity checks, either raise errors or generate events as return status.
     """
+    def __init__(self, generateevents = True):
+        Event.__init__(self)
+        self.generateevents = generateevents
 
 class SanityCheckPassed(Event):
     """
@@ -620,8 +623,11 @@ class SanityCheckFailed(Event):
 
 class NetworkTest(Event):
     """
-    Event to start network test
+    Event to run network connectivity tests, either raise errors or generate events as return status.
     """
+    def __init__(self, generateevents = True):
+        Event.__init__(self)
+        self.generateevents = generateevents
 
 class NetworkTestPassed(Event):
     """
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/knotty.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/knotty.py
index 55cf50735c..009653c038 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/knotty.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/knotty.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import copy
 import atexit
 from bb.ui import uihelper
 
+featureSet = [bb.cooker.CookerFeatures.SEND_SANITYEVENTS]
+
 logger = logging.getLogger("BitBake")
 interactive = sys.stdout.isatty()