[meta-intel] [PATCH 0/6] Runtime Machine Configuration and Distro

[Tom Zanussi]

On 07/12/2016 06:06 PM, Saul Wold wrote:
> On Tue, 2016-07-12 at 10:59 -0700, Jianxun Zhang wrote:
>> This patch seriese introduces new RMC project and RMC distro that's
>> developped based on RMC.
>>
>> The test is done on several boards, including boards checked in
>> examples. (poky:6bb3069; meta-intel: 9bb4622)
>>
>> Some people may have checked implementation before, but I have done
>> a lot refactoring since this week. Now RMC project and RMC distro
>> are splitted and bbclasses are provided for reuse in other clients.
>> These should be the biggest change you didn't see in old code.
>>
>> The last patch in the series adds examples and a new document
>> README.rmc.distro in meta-intel. I think it could make original
>> README too lengthy if we put everyting in README, but let me know
>> if a single readme is still preferred.
>>
> I strongly urge you not to use the word "distro" here or in the recipe
> name.
> 
>> README.rmc.distro is designed to be the interfce to new users (and
>> myself). Information of RMC project can be obtained from rmc
>> recipes, bbclass and RMC project's README. I should have left traces
>> to these information in code.
>>
>> Known issues:
>> RMC tool crashes on a NUC gen 4 but doesn't on another sample. Other
>> boards work as expected (nuc gen 6, minnowmax, T100,).
>>
>> Default "install"  boot option could be seen although RMC distro
>> always has its own installer effective. This could confuse users when
>> both of install and "RMC install" options show up on the board.
>>
>>
>> Jianxun Zhang (6):
>>   rmc: Add Runtime Machine Configuration (RMC) project
>>   gnu-efi: Add GUID for SMBIOS 3 entry point structure
>>   systemd-boot: load board-specific entry and kernel cmdline
>>   EFI installer: deploy board-specific data and kernel cmdline
>>   rmc: add recipe and bbclass for feature "rmc distro"
>>   rmc: document and examples for rmc distro feature
>>
>>  README.rmc.distro                                  | 261
>> +++++++++++++++++
> Let's not have the README.rmc.distro in the top level, maybe we need to
> have a documentation directory and we can move this file there.
> 

That would make sense, if it looks like we're going to have more
stand-alone documentation - do you foresee that?

I guess I don't have a problem with a separate README like this because
meta-intel is supposedly just a temporary stopover for this since it's
ultimately destined for oe-core.  Where would this go in oe-core?

Tom