[linux-yocto] [PATCH] meta: add genericx86 BSP

[Bruce Ashfield]

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Bruce Ashfield
<bruce.ashfield at windriver.com> wrote:
> On 13-08-21 01:33 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 2013-08-21 at 17:57 +0100, Ross Burton wrote:
>>>
>>> This BSP aims at supporting a broad range of Intel platforms, from Atom
>>> up to
>>> Xeon.  As such the kernel includes a range of drivers, and the
>>> corresponding
>>> machine configuration in meta-yocto-bsp includes a range of user-space
>>> drivers.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton at intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>   .../bsp/genericx86/genericx86-standard.scc         |   28
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
>>>   create mode 100644
>>> meta/cfg/kernel-cache/bsp/genericx86/genericx86-standard.scc
>>>
>>> diff --git a/meta/cfg/kernel-cache/bsp/genericx86/genericx86-standard.scc
>>> b/meta/cfg/kernel-cache/bsp/genericx86/genericx86-standard.scc
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..94d8ca7
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/meta/cfg/kernel-cache/bsp/genericx86/genericx86-standard.scc
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
>>> +define KMACHINE genericx86
>>> +define KTYPE standard
>>> +define KARCH i386
>>> +
>>> +# TODO: long-term move away from common-pc?
>>> +include bsp/common-pc/common-pc-standard.scc
>>> +branch atom-pc
>>> +
>>> +include cfg/x86.scc
>>> +include cfg/boot-live.scc
>>> +
>>> +include features/power/intel.scc
>>> +
>>> +# Ideally all of these below would be modules instead of built-in.
>>> +
>>> +# common-pc brings in the other USB controllers
>>> +include features/usb/xhci-hcd.scc
>>
>>
>> And should really bring this one in too...
>
>
> Agreed!
>
>
>>
>>> +
>>> +# Intel ethernet, old and new Intel wireless.
>>> +include features/rfkill/rfkill.scc
>>> +include features/intel-e1xxxx/intel-e1xxxx.scc
>>> +include features/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.scc
>>> +include features/iwlegacy/iwlegacy.scc
>>> +
>>> +# Intel Gen and GMA500. common-pc provides Vesa framebuffer.
>>> +include features/i915/i915.scc
>>> +include features/drm-gma500/drm-gma500.scc
>>> +include features/drm-gma500/drm-gma3600.scc
>>
>>
>> This is really a fairly small change. Any reason this shouldn't just be
>> an update to common-pc? Is there a conceptual difference here?
>
>
> I'd like to see them just merge. They are both targeting a similar set
> of commodity hardware platforms. Sure, qemux86 will pick these up as
> well, but as qemu gains more functionality we can use more and more of
> the options.

ping. Did we collectively slip on this ? I was just trying to debug a
serial 8250
issue, and realized that none of the generic x86 parts have merged.

Bruce

>
> Cheers,
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
>>
>
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