[meta-xilinx] Restructuring of meta-xilinx layer

[Philip Balister]

On 11/13/2017 03:13 PM, Manjukumar Harthikote Matha wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> We want to restructure meta-xilinx layer to encompass all the layers coming from Xilinx. 
> The proposal is the following for Rocko/master:
> meta-xilinx
> 	->meta-xilinx-bsps (current meta-xilinx)
> 	->meta-xilinx-contrib
> 
> In the next release we will add some more layers such as meta-petalinux, meta-xilinx-tools, etc. It will look like
> meta-xilinx
> 	->meta-xilinx-bsps (current meta-xilinx)
> 	->meta-petalinux
> 	->meta-xilinx-tools
> 	->meta-xilinx-contrib


I'm assuming you are collecting multiple layers in one git repository?
So we can enable/disable layers in our bblayers file.

Also, run the yocto layer compatibility script to make sure hte layers
are well behaved.

Philip

> 
> There will be some movement of recipes from meta-xilinx-bsps to meta-xilinx-contrib. Patches will be sent to mailing list on any recipes movement.
> This will provide one clone to get all the required meta layers from Xilinx for a complete solution, and the users can blacklist any layer which they don't want to use.
> This will enables us to help our vendors/partners to add their reference designs, board definitions etc.
> 
> Please let us know your feedback. We plan to get this done no later than 11/20.
> 
> Thanks,
> Manju
>