[yocto] [PATCH] bsp-guide: replace meta-intel with meta-xilinx as container layer

akuster akuster at mvista.com
Thu May 2 11:21:29 PDT 2019



On 5/2/19 10:45 AM, Scott Rifenbark wrote:
> The term "Container Layer" was put in the ref-manual by me to describe
> a "meta-*" layer that had other "meta-*" layers (see
> https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.7/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#term-container-layer
> and the term "Container Layer").  Maybe this was never a good term?  I
> don't know.  Nobody has said anything about that term for many releases. 
>
> The problem Robert points out needs to be fixed in the BSP manual as
> "meta-intel" is not longer qualifying by my definition.  I can fix that. 
>
> Is "Container Layer" ok as I have defined it?
in those terms above, yes its fine.

thanks for clarifying.

Armin
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 10:21 AM akuster <akuster at mvista.com
> <mailto:akuster at mvista.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On 5/2/19 6:19 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>     > As meta-intel is no longer a container layer, use meta-xilinx as
>     > an example instead.
>
>     I thought "meta-virtualization" was a container layer?
>
>     IMHO, a BSP should only deal with getting a MACHINE booted.
>
>     - armin
>     >
>     > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca
>     <mailto:rpjday at crashcourse.ca>>
>     >
>     > ---
>     >
>     > diff --git a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml
>     b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml
>     > index 0bb0b68ab..a53ff6bce 100644
>     > --- a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml
>     > +++ b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml
>     > @@ -146,18 +146,15 @@
>     >
>     >      <para>
>     >          Some layers function as a layer to hold other BSP layers.
>     > -        These layers are knows as
>     > +        These layers are known as
>     >          "<ulink
>     url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#term-container-layer'>container
>     layers</ulink>".
>     >          An example of this type of layer is the
>     > -        <filename>meta-intel</filename> layer.
>     > -        This layer contains BSP layers for the Intel-core2-32
>     > -        <trademark class='registered'>Intel</trademark> Common Core
>     > -        (Intel-core2-32) and the Intel-corei7-64
>     > -        <trademark class='registered'>Intel</trademark> Common Core
>     > -        (Intel-corei7-64).
>     > -        the <filename>meta-intel</filename> layer also contains
>     > -        the <filename>common/</filename> directory, which contains
>     > -        common content across those layers.
>     > +        <filename>meta-xilinx</filename> layer.
>     > +        This container layer contains some basic top-level
>     information,
>     > +        as well as three actual Xilinx-related BSP layers,
>     > +        <filename>meta-xilinx-bsp</filename>,
>     > +        <filename>meta-xilinx-contrib</filename>, and
>     > +        <filename>meta-xilinx-standalone</filename>.
>     >      </para>
>     >
>     >      <para>
>     >
>
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