[meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-arm][PATCH v2] imx-base.inc mxs-base.inc: Add imx MACHINEOVERRIDES

[Otavio Salvador]

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Ann Thornton
<Ann.Thornton at freescale.com> wrote:
> It is true that mx6 can be used today but soon there will be mx7 and mx8 and
> the list will get longer.  Also qoriq and automotive will be added in which
> we will want to exclude from i.mx.  There are recipes, images, and
> packagegroups that currently don't need to check for the machine that will
> need to coming up and bbappends that will be needed to differentiate between
> machines. imx would be a convenience that will be useful in the near future.
> The alternative is a long list of i.MX machines.

As I said, I understand the value of this addition and I think this
should go in. However I want to make sure people understand that this
will be rarely used. Several things will end with a huge list of SoCs
as this should be used ONLY when it is i.MX specific and globally
supported by all the SoCs.

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