[meta-xilinx] [PATCH 05/20] Add basic Xilinx HDF support

[Jason Wu]

Hi Cyril,
On 19/04/2016 3:13 AM, Cyril Chemparathy wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
> On 4/13/2016 2:23 AM, Jason Wu wrote:
> [...]
>>> install -d ${D}${PLATFORM_INIT_DIR}
>>> for fn in ${PLATFORM_INIT}; do
>>> unzip -o ${S}/${HDF} ${fn} -d ${D}${PLATFORM_INIT_DIR}
>>> done
>
> Unfortunately, the approach of peeling open the HDF file and consuming
> its content is problematic.  The HDF file contents are fundamentally in
> a tool dependent format, and these contents are meant to be accessed
> indirectly through HSI interfaces.
Well, I have no problem using HSI to extract the hdf, however, I believe 
Nathan does not want to have any xilinx tool dependency on the 
meta-xilinx. Thus, I think this is the best solution for us at this 
point. I am open to other suggestion on better way of handling without 
xilinx tool dependency.

The other issue is if this patch is not accepted, the board support will 
be missing.

>
> Moving forward, we would like to implement a meta-xilinx-tools layer
> with dependencies on Xilinx maintained tools (e.g. HSI) instead of
> breaking open the HDF in this fashion.
I am fine with meta-xilin-tools layer. Any idea when this layer will be 
ready?

Best regards,

Jason

>
> Thanks
> -- Cyril.