From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [194.106.48.114] (helo=tim.rpsys.net) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1GZMpu-0005hP-Ph for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:24:35 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k9G7HonV001876 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:17:50 +0100 Received: from tim.rpsys.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tim.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 01822-01 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:17:48 +0100 (BST) Received: from max.rpnet.com (max.rpnet.com [192.168.1.15]) (authenticated bits=0) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k9G7HlAX001870 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:17:48 +0100 From: Richard Purdie To: openembedded-devel@openembedded.org In-Reply-To: <1160951360.8144.2.camel@lieve> References: <1156715171.5536.60.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200610151544.28474.openembedded@hrw.one.pl> <161534574.20061016010222@gmail.com> <1160951360.8144.2.camel@lieve> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:17:46 +0100 Message-Id: <1160983066.5565.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at rpsys.net Subject: Re: What is task-base? X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Linux Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:24:35 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 00:29 +0200, Koen Kooi wrote: > Op ma, 16-10-2006 te 01:02 +0300, schreef Paul Sokolovsky: > > > If it can be made so clean, why do we have so tangled configs for > > many machines, at least for PocketPC-based? > > Historical reason, and we'd welcome a cleanup Agreed. > > For example, I doubt it's good idea to have IMAGE_FSTYPES > > in machine configs - how that can be machine's property? > > Some bootloaders can be quite demanding, like the one for the spitz > machine only likes tar.gz, not tar.bz2. It should be overridable, > though. Most of the Zaurus machines set that and its valid as the image type is the one supported by the bootloader. Its not something I'd recommend in general but makes sense there. (tar.gz for spitz, jffs2 for c7x0, poodle, akita). After the machine sets it the distro and/or the user in local.conf is free to alter or probably best of all append to the variable. Richard