[yocto] Menu configuration

[Kumar Gala]

On Jul 14, 2011, at 8:52 AM, Richard Purdie wrote:

> 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.

Are they thread of email discussion or anything.  I tried playing with it, but a little confused on exactly what its trying to accomplish and what the 'cfg' that is saved off ends up being.

- k