[meta-xilinx] Restructuring of meta-xilinx layer

[Manjukumar Harthikote Matha]

Hi Philip,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Balister [mailto:philip at balister.org]
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 2:37 PM
> To: Manjukumar Harthikote Matha <MANJUKUM at xilinx.com>; meta-
> xilinx at lists.yoctoproject.org; Cyril Chemparathy <cyrilc at xilinx.com>
> Subject: Re: [meta-xilinx] Restructuring of meta-xilinx layer
> 
> 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.
> 


Yes

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

Will definitely do, thanks for the heads-up

Thanks,
Manju


> 
> 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
> >