# Yocto how to build mender with external device tree

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/yocto-how-to-build-mender-with-external-device-tree/423>\
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**Tags:** yocto\
**Created:** [March 27, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/yocto-how-to-build-mender-with-external-device-tree/423 "2019-03-27T20:31:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f19dbf/32.png) [@Yury](https://hub.mender.io/u/Yury)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/yocto-how-to-build-mender-with-external-device-tree/423/3 "2019-03-27T21:30:29Z")

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It does not help. Check for KERNEL\_DEVICETREE in task do\_provide\_mender\_defines and this triggered by

> <https://github.com/mendersoftware/meta-mender/blob/rocko-v2018.03/meta-mender-core/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-mender-common.inc#L133>

do\_provide\_mender\_defines starts even if i set MENDER\_UBOOT\_AUTO\_CONFIGURE = “0”

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