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How to know distro features


I am building image for NXP board using yocto. I could see different distros say "x11, wayland, fb, directfb" etc.

In the conf files for these distros I could see DISTRO_FEATURES_remove of other distros. Say in x11 distro conf file DISTRO_FEATURES_remove="wayland" is there.

I need to check what features provided by each distro. Say I need to check the features provided by wayland and x11 distros.

Can you guide to check in yocto source folder for the features provided by these distros.


Solution

  • I think you are asking, "how do I know what's in DISTRO_FEATURES for a given distro?" If so, DISTRO_FEATURES is a variable that is set in a configuration and loaded/overloaded as needed to drive contents you want to add to your system. Various recipes check the contents of DISTRO_FEATURES to enable/disable different features. You can do the same to test as needed.

    For example, some recipes may use the following to check to see if the configuration has enabled a features. Our custom linux kernel recipe uses the following to specify specific configuration files for the recipe.

    {@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'bluez5', 'file://bluetooth.cfg', '', d)} \
    

    Generically, you turn features on or off by specifying contents for DISTRO_FEATURES on your own.

    https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.1/mega-manual/mega-manual.html#var-DISTRO_FEATURES

    If you need to see the contents of DISTRO_FEATURES from the command line

    bitbake -e imagename | grep "^DISTRO_FEATURES"