Re: [meta-oe][PATCH v2] 00/17] new recipe v2: open-vm-tools recipe

From: Martin Kelly <mkelly@xevo.com>
To: openembedded-devel <openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org>
Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart@vmware.com>
Subject: Re: [meta-oe][PATCH v2] 00/17] new recipe v2: open-vm-tools recipe
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:24:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <98263123-d66c-be92-a5f2-13c7c448f4b2@xevo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1498257745.git.mkelly@xevo.com>

(ping)

I mistyped a character, so the patches did not correctly show up on 
Patchwork (sorry!).

On 06/23/2017 03:47 PM, Martin Kelly wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is version 2 of a patch series to add a new recipe for Open VM Tools to
> meta-oe. This recipe is invaluable for using Openembedded with VMWare, as
> without the tools, performance is very slow.
>
> More information about Open VM Tools can be found here:
>
> https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
>
> Please note that, as mentioned in the first commit, this recipe is modified
> from the recipe originally found in the Open-Switch repository. The first
> patch is directly from that repository, and the following patches are
> modifications to it.
>
> Original recipe: https://github.com/open-switch/ops-build
> yocto/openswitch/meta-foss-openswitch/recipes-extended/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_10.0.5.bb
> Commit 9008de2d8e100f3f868c66765742bca9fa98f3f9
>
> Although the original recipe packaging was Apache-licensed, I received
> permission from the author (Diego Dompe) to relicense it under the MIT license
> for inclusion in meta-openembedded:
>
> https://lists.openswitch.net/pipermail/ops-dev/2017-April/014715.html
> https://lists.openswitch.net/pipermail/ops-dev/2017-April/014716.html
>
> The following changes since commit d2da8b82cfb2f8e55236751c1c56c9e7f3b5f68d:
>
>   scsirastools: Upgrade to 1.6.6 (2017-06-22 16:04:14 +0200)
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
>   git://github.com/XevoInc/meta-openembedded open-vm-tools-v2
>   https://github.com/XevoInc/meta-openembedded/tree/open-vm-tools-v2
>
> Martin Kelly (17):
>   add open-vm-tools recipe
>   open-vm-tools: add missing pkgconfig dependency
>   open-vm-tools: add missing glib-2.0-native dependency
>   open-vm-tools: clarify and expand licensing
>   open-vm-tools: base_contains --> bb.utils.contains
>   open-vm-tools: update version to 10.1.5
>   open-vm-tools: don't use mspack
>   open-vm-tools: don't use dnet-config
>   open-vm-tools: add #include to fix build break
>   open-vm-tools: add missing X11 dependencies
>   open-vm-tools: remove kernel module logic
>   open-vm-tools: line up configure options
>   open-vm-tools: support FUSE
>   open-vm-tools: scope build to only x86
>   open-vm-tools: style changes
>   open-vm-tools: fix all hardcoded paths
>   open-vm-tools: remove -Wno-error
>
>  .../recipes-support/open-vm-tools/files/tools.conf |  2 +
>  .../open-vm-tools/files/vmtoolsd.service           | 11 +++
>  .../0001-configure.ac-don-t-use-dnet-config.patch  | 41 +++++++++++
>  .../0002-add-include-sys-sysmacros.h.patch         | 33 +++++++++
>  .../open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_10.1.5.bb          | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 171 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/files/tools.conf
>  create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/files/vmtoolsd.service
>  create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/0001-configure.ac-don-t-use-dnet-config.patch
>  create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/0002-add-include-sys-sysmacros.h.patch
>  create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_10.1.5.bb
>