[Angstrom-devel] how to select kernel version

[Thomas Kunze]

Colin wrote:
> frank A. Schneider <frank7d at ...> writes:
>
>   
>> Hi,
>> in my local.conf I have MACHINE = "akita", DISTRO = "angstrom-2008.1" 
>> and I sync with org.openembedded.dev.
>>
>> I can bitbake linux-rp-2.6.24 fine, but when I bitbake virtual/kernel,  
>> 2.6.23 ist built. How can I switch to 2.6.24?
>> Frank
>>
>>     
>
> Hi Frank,
>
> I had the same problem as you. It seems if you sync with org.openembedded.stable
> instead of .dev you will get 2.6.24. I have not found out what does the
> selection though, but you can build an image with the kernel you want. I would
> be interested in knowing how to do the selection if you ever find out.
>   
packages/linux/linux-rp_2.6.24.bb has DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1" which means that it is not selected by default. If you remove that it will be selected.
An alternative is to set PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-rp = "2.6.24" in you local.conf.

Regards,
Thomas