[yocto] [PATCH 2/2] Add MIPS Creator CI20 machine

[Burton, Ross]

On 12 September 2014 17:57, Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com> wrote:
> On 14-09-12 12:35 PM, Vicente Olivert Riera wrote:
>>
>> Add support for the MIPS Creator CI20 machine. You will need to build a
>> working kernel for this board using this kernel repository on GitHub:
>>
>>    https://github.com/MIPS/CI20_linux
>>
>> More information about this board can be found at:
>>
>>    http://elinux.org/MIPS_Creator_CI20
>
>
> All of the meta-yocto-bsp reference machines are using the kernel, and
> kernel version of linux-yocto* so we can ensure a consistent update
> cadence and set of features.
>
> Something that I'd like to see continue.
>
> I can see how the ability to re-use the tune files makes sense, but
> the BSP should follow the format and structure of the existing ones,
> otherwise, the value in pulling it into the common layers isn't there.

What Bruce said.  You've a specific machine that needs a specific
kernel, so this can happily live on as a Yocto-compatible BSP layer
outside of meta-yocto.

Ross