tools: update: also update the Linux Kernel#341
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I have canceled the build since actions/runs/23634863412 is currently running, and will run for a few hours. That job will generate new sstate relevant to this job. |
Only run on our main repository and for forks that are configured to run updates. Also accept manually running the action via `workflow_dispatch` for forks by default. Signed-off-by: Leonard Göhrs <l.goehrs@pengutronix.de>
This makes it easier to add features in the future, like e.g. a basic mode where we do not actually have to clone the repository. Signed-off-by: Leonard Göhrs <l.goehrs@pengutronix.de>
When a recipe is configured for the `basic` mode the repo will not be cloned. Instead we just ask the server for its list of refs via `git ls-remote --refs` and don't include any information that requires looking at commits. Signed-off-by: Leonard Göhrs <l.goehrs@pengutronix.de>
We only carry a single patch on the Linux kernel. This makes still using UMPF a bit overkill. Stop using UMPF and just carry the patch normall. This prepares us for a patch-free world and for updating via an auto updater script. Signed-off-by: Leonard Göhrs <l.goehrs@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Leonard Göhrs <l.goehrs@pengutronix.de>
This is the most recent Linux release at the moment, across all mainline and stable releases. The next update will jump to either the next 6.19 stable release or the 7.0 mainline release - whichever comes first. To stick to a specific release and its stable updates change the `version_pattern` in `tools/update/recipes.yaml` to e.g.: `^v6.19.\\d+$`. Signed-off-by: Leonard Göhrs <l.goehrs@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Leonard Göhrs <l.goehrs@pengutronix.de>
This does not affect us in meta-lxatac, but does happen in other layers that I want to use this script in. Fix it here so I can safely copy the script where I need it. Signed-off-by: Leonard Göhrs <l.goehrs@pengutronix.de>
In our case this means downloading the barebox tarball just once instead of twice. Signed-off-by: Leonard Göhrs <l.goehrs@pengutronix.de>
This required a manual adjustment to the download URL due to the 6.x -> 7.x change. Signed-off-by: Leonard Göhrs <l.goehrs@pengutronix.de>
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This updates the
tools/update/update.pyscript so we can also auto-update the Linux Kernel.What makes the Kernel so special that we can not use the script as is? Its very heavy git history.
Cloning the kernel - even without BLOB objects is quite an expensive operation and a bit rude to do on a regular basis to whoever is hosting the respective mirror.
Since we are just interested in the current list of git tags, we can skip just about everything that a real clone involves and just implement the first step of the http git protocol by hand instead. The first step of a clone is getting a mapping from refs on the server to commit hashes - i.e. everything we need.
I have implemented that, but only use it for the Linux kernel. The other projects are not as heavy and it is quite nice to also have information like the release date (we get that from git commits) in the recipes - something we do not have with the lightweight backend.
As of now we just update to the most recent mainline release or stable release based on semver. For meta-lxatac stable release branches we will likely want to update the
version_patternso we only update to new stable releases of the same kernel.