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

[Darren Hart]

On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 14:06 -0400, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> 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.

Nope, we're using common-pc* for the genericx86* BSPs.

-- 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel