[meta-intel] [PATCH 02/27] Add Intel core2 and corei7 BSPs and tune files

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 1/27/2014, 7:45 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
> Introduce two new generic BSPs that parallel the updated core2 and new
> corei7 tune files in oe-core. These BSPs provided optimized tune flags
> for Intel Core and Atom CPUs since 2006 in the 32 bit core2 BSP and since
> Nehalem and Silvermont (Bay Trail) in the 64 bit corei7 BSP.
>
> These establish a suitable balance between compatibility and performance
> optimization.
>
> Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhart at linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie at intel.com>
> Cc: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton at intel.com>
> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi at intel.com>
> Cc: Nitin Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
> Cc: Mark Hatle <mark.hatle at windriver.com>
> Cc: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com>
> ---
>   conf/machine/include/intel-common-pkgarch.inc   |    4 ++++
>   conf/machine/include/intel-core2-32-common.inc  |    8 ++++++++
>   conf/machine/include/intel-corei7-64-common.inc |    8 ++++++++
>   conf/machine/intel-core2-32.conf                |    8 ++++++++
>   conf/machine/intel-corei7-64.conf               |    9 +++++++++
>   5 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 conf/machine/include/intel-common-pkgarch.inc
>   create mode 100644 conf/machine/include/intel-core2-32-common.inc
>   create mode 100644 conf/machine/include/intel-corei7-64-common.inc
>   create mode 100644 conf/machine/intel-core2-32.conf
>   create mode 100644 conf/machine/intel-corei7-64.conf
>
> diff --git a/conf/machine/include/intel-common-pkgarch.inc b/conf/machine/include/intel-common-pkgarch.inc
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..23e4297
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/conf/machine/include/intel-common-pkgarch.inc
> @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
> +INTEL_COMMON_PACKAGE_ARCH ?= "${TUNE_PKGARCH}-intel-common"
> +PACKAGE_ARCH_pn-linux-yocto = "${INTEL_COMMON_PACKAGE_ARCH}"
> +PACKAGE_ARCH_pn-linux-yocto-dev = "${INTEL_COMMON_PACKAGE_ARCH}"
> +PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCH_append = "${INTEL_COMMON_PACKAGE_ARCH}"
> diff --git a/conf/machine/include/intel-core2-32-common.inc b/conf/machine/include/intel-core2-32-common.inc
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..16c12f6
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/conf/machine/include/intel-core2-32-common.inc
> @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
> +#
> +# Common configuration for all MACHINEs of the intel-core2 type
> +#
> +
> +DEFAULTTUNE ?= "core2-32"
> +require intel-common-pkgarch.inc
> +require conf/machine/include/tune-core2.inc
> +require conf/machine/include/x86-base.inc
> diff --git a/conf/machine/include/intel-corei7-64-common.inc b/conf/machine/include/intel-corei7-64-common.inc
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..935cd22
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/conf/machine/include/intel-corei7-64-common.inc
> @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
> +#
> +# Common configuration for all MACHINES of the intel-corei7-64 type
> +#
> +
> +DEFAULTTUNE ?= "corei7-64"
> +require intel-common-pkgarch.inc
> +require conf/machine/include/tune-corei7.inc
> +require conf/machine/include/x86-base.inc
> diff --git a/conf/machine/intel-core2-32.conf b/conf/machine/intel-core2-32.conf
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..a702c809
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/conf/machine/intel-core2-32.conf
> @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
> +#@TYPE: Machine
> +#@NAME: intel-core2-32
> +
> +#@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for 32 bit Intel Core 2 CPU (and later) with MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, and SSSE3 instruction set support. Supports a moderately wide range of drivers that should boot and be usable on "typical" hardware.
> +
> +PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto-dev"

Should this be a ?= assignment ? That way when the BSPs release, they'll
track linux-yocto versus linux-yocto-dev, and the preferred provider can
be override.

Bruce

> +
> +include conf/machine/include/intel-core2-32-common.inc
> diff --git a/conf/machine/intel-corei7-64.conf b/conf/machine/intel-corei7-64.conf
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..abf3872
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/conf/machine/intel-corei7-64.conf
> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
> +#@TYPE: Machine
> +#@NAME: intel-corei7-64
> +
> +#@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for 64 bit Intel Core i7 CPU (and later) with MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, and SSSE3 instruction set support. Supports a moderately wide range of drivers that should boot and be usable on "typical" hardware.
> +
> +PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto-dev"
> +
> +# Should these be require?
> +include conf/machine/include/intel-corei7-64-common.inc
>