[yocto] Menu configuration

[Koen Kooi]

Op 14 jul 2011, om 19:09 heeft Joshua Lock het volgende geschreven:

> On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 11:34 -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> If you have questions please ask them. The saved file should be a recipe
> for building a custom image. The purpose of the tool is to help you put
> together a custom image and build it.

Try this:

bitbake -u hob

-> Python traceback

change PARALLEL_MAKE from 'j8' to 'j 8'

bitbake -u hob

click save

Open up recipe in editor

-> 'require None.bb'

So it looks like creating an image from scratch doesn't work.

regards,

Koen