> On May 17, 2017, at 08:48, Nathan Rossi <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 16 May 2017 at 07:38, Manjukumar Matha > <[email protected]> wrote: >> With these patches, top level component selection configuration can now >> easily override u-boot-xlnx source repositories and branches. > > This sounds like it is a hack for PetaLinux? > > As I queried with the other patch doing the equivalent for > arm-trusted-firmware. Why do you need this and why can you not achieve > the same with other existing mechanisms, such as: > > * Use PREMIRRORS to fetch from internal git repo instead of public > (rewrite git uris) > * EXTERNALSRC -> point at a completely custom source (doesn't even > need to be git) > * Use devtool (does equivalent to EXTERNALSRC) to modify the source > * bbappend and change SRC_URI/SRCREV > * Override {SRC_URI/SRCREV}_pn-arm-trusted-firmware from any conf > * Locally modify the layer/recipe for temporary changes >
If I may... I tend to agree. One of the challenges of Yocto is grasping the huge amount of knobs and controls, some redundant. Adding one more plumbing mechanism here only makes things a bit more indirect and obfuscated. /my 2 cents. -- _______________________________________________ meta-xilinx mailing list [email protected] https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/meta-xilinx
