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

[Daiane Angolini]

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Otavio Salvador <otavio at ossystems.com.br> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Daiane Angolini <daiane.list at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Otavio Salvador
>> <otavio at ossystems.com.br> wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> I'm not against including imx now. I think it does not hurt what we have today.
>>
>> However, meta-freescale is a perfect opportunity to really rework the
>> SOC_FAMILY tree (a never used meta layer is the ideal timing to make a
>> huge change on SOC_FAMILY as it's really needed.
>>
>> And this includes the discussion around packagegroup being part of the BSP.
>
> I fully agree in this regard. This also needs to be discussed and I
> think each of those items is worth a email thread.
>
> Can you share your thoughts in the SoC family and package groups
> issues in two emails?

Good idea, I'm going to prepare it.

Daiane
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