Re: [yocto] RFC: Yocto BSP and kernel usability tools

2012-01-31 Thread Darren Hart
Hi Tom, This is really late in coming, my apologies. This looks to be the beginnings of a very powerful set of tools, and the detail you started with should help ensure a successful initial version. Nice work. Some general questions that don't belong in any one particular place inline: o You

Re: [yocto] RFC: Yocto BSP and kernel usability tools

2012-01-31 Thread Tom Zanussi
On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 14:52 -0800, Darren Hart wrote: Hi Tom, This is really late in coming, my apologies. This looks to be the beginnings of a very powerful set of tools, and the detail you started with should help ensure a successful initial version. Nice work. Some general questions

Re: [yocto] RFC: Yocto BSP and kernel usability tools

2011-12-29 Thread Tom Zanussi
On Wed, 2011-12-28 at 00:36 +, McClintock Matthew-B29882 wrote: (This probably belongs somewhere inline but I got lost on the long email) A lot of times users would already have a git tree containing linux and/or u-boot already working for their boards. Perhaps you could let the user

Re: [yocto] RFC: Yocto BSP and kernel usability tools

2011-12-27 Thread McClintock Matthew-B29882
(This probably belongs somewhere inline but I got lost on the long email) A lot of times users would already have a git tree containing linux and/or u-boot already working for their boards. Perhaps you could let the user point at external linux and/or u-boot trees with defconfigs, u-boot configs,

[yocto] RFC: Yocto BSP and kernel usability tools

2011-12-19 Thread Tom Zanussi
Hi, This is what I hope to implement in the M2 timeframe. Any and all comments welcome... Thanks, Tom --- Getting Yocto running on a new board is often a prerequisite task to the real task of interest for new users, which is creating new applications designed to run on the board, or creating