[meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-demos][PATCH v2] packagegroup-fsl-tools-testapps: Install imx-test only for soc that support

[Lauren Post]

Our goal is to make it clear which packages are i.mx specific.  With the dummy package, it can be brought in for non-i.MX machines.

I think it is best to be specific if imx machines have kernels that do not support imx-test.  We do this for slevk.

One option is put this in meta-fsl-arm-extra as a bbappend.

I don't like the idea of a dummy recipe.  When the dummy package was created it was because the _remove feature was not available.  I think using _remove is better option for those machines that do not support imx-test.

Lauren

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From: otavio.salvador at gmail.com [mailto:otavio.salvador at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Otavio Salvador
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 3:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-demos][PATCH v2] packagegroup-fsl-tools-testapps: Install imx-test only for soc that support

Hello Lauren,

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Lauren Post <lauren.post at freescale.com> wrote:
> Remove imx-test for machines with kernels that do not support imx-test
>
> Signed-off-by: Lauren Post <lauren.post at freescale.com>

This change does not improve the metadata but makes it harder to maintain. The dummy package makes it easy to use and avoid this maintenance burden.

With this change, every time a new board uses Kernel mainline it will involve a change on this. This is even worse for internal custom boards.

What is the main reason to wish to remove the dummy package?

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