[meta-ti] meta-ti layer split

[Otavio Salvador]

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 22:44, Denys Dmytriyenko <denis at denix.org> wrote:

> After much debate and further considerations ;) we've decided to split
> meta-ti
> repository into 2 layers to ease up on inter-layer dependencies and to
> enable
> additional use cases of building basic BSP images with a very small set of
> layers, only requiring oe-core as a dependency. The proposed split is the
> following:
>
> 1. meta-ti-bsp-core - is the ultra portable layer.  Starting out it will
> contain only recipes-kernel and recipes-bootloader plus necessary machine
> configurations. Depending on the platform, can be as little as basic board
> support.
>
> 2. meta-ti-bsp-extras - provides the full chip functions with perhaps some
> extra constraints. Initialy this will contian support for DSP, Graphics,
> and
> Wifi. Provides additional board support for peripherals that may require
> software components like DSPBIOS, CodecEngine, gst-ti, firmware etc.
> Depends
> on meta-ti-bsp-core. In the future, if certain technologies prove
> themselves
> well portable, we may move them from meta-ti-bsp-extras to
> meta-ti-bsp-core.
>
> I'll be starting the initial work on this in a separate branch, calling for
> wider review once ready.
>
> Please provide feedback. Thanks.


I don't like the idea. In my POV what is not compatible with OE-Core might
be moved to a meta-ti-extras, no problem, but making a meta-ti-bsp-core
seems too restrictive and I see not many people end using only it in the
end.

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Otavio Salvador                             O.S. Systems
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