[yocto] Menu configuration

[Richard Purdie]

On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 08:06 -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> On Jul 12, 2011, at 3:43 AM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2011-07-11 at 10:00 -0700, Turner Randy wrote:
> >> Hello list,
> >> 
> >> Is there a interactive menu-based configuration for yocto/poky builds
> >> similar to that provided in Buildroot? Or is someone working on this?
> > 
> > At present there is not any interactive menu based configuration but
> > there is work ongoing on a UI called hob which allows you to select
> > packages and construct images of those packages so its a graphical front
> > end to the system.
> > 
> > We're also in the process of starting to better markup configuration
> > variables in the metadata so that writing some kind of menu based
> > configuration system would be easier in the future.
> > 
> > We're certainly open to any help in those areas too!
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Richard
> 
> Are there any docs for hob at this point?

Not specifically. "bitbake -u hob" should let you see where things are
at. Please keep in mind that its under active development at the moment
and can be considered "alpha" quality but feedback is welcome.

Cheers,

Richard