From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D95ACE013A8 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:08:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orsmga001.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.18]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 25 Mar 2012 15:08:55 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.67,352,1309762800"; d="scan'208";a="121524636" Received: from unknown (HELO [10.255.12.49]) ([10.255.12.49]) by orsmga001.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 25 Mar 2012 15:08:55 -0700 From: Tom Zanussi To: "Robert P. J. Day" In-Reply-To: References: <1332697224.23802.50.camel@elmorro> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:09:11 -0500 Message-ID: <1332713351.23802.57.camel@elmorro> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Cc: Yocto discussion list Subject: Re: does a meta-intel (sub)layer require adding the meta-intel layer to bblayers.conf? X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:08:55 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sun, 2012-03-25 at 16:05 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Sun, 25 Mar 2012, Tom Zanussi wrote: > > > On Sun, 2012-03-25 at 13:23 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > again, a discrepancy between the docs and the source files. i > > > checked out the entire meta-intel layer, and below that the file > > > meta-crownbay/README clearly states: > > > > > > "Having done that, and assuming you extracted the BSP tarball contents > > > at the top-level of your yocto build tree, you can build a crownbay > > > image by adding the location of the meta-crownbay layer to > > > bblayers.conf, along with the meta-intel layer itself (to access > > > common metadata shared between BSPs) e.g.: > > > > > > yocto/meta-intel \ > > > yocto/meta-intel/meta-crownbay \" > > > > > > however, the ref manual, Section 4.1, "BSP Layers", suggests only: > > > > > > BBLAYERS = " \ > > > /usr/local/src/yocto/meta \ > > > /usr/local/src/yocto/meta-yocto \ > > > /usr/local/src/yocto/meta- \ > > > " > > > > > > note no mention of including "meta-intel" layer. clarification? > > > > > > > Yes, I think that's as it should be - the general-purpose documentation > > shouldn't mention specific layers. meta-intel has its own layering > > requirements as mentioned in the READMEs for those BSPs. Also I think > > the text mentions it's an example, but I guess I'm a bit confused since > > I'm finding that in section 5.1. Example Filesystem Layout here: > > > > http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/poky-ref-manual/poky-ref-manual.html > > > > Am I looking at the wrong thing? > > ah, yes, i'm looking at the *newer* version of that doc as cloned > from yocto-docs where Section 4.1 of that manual is called "BSP > Layers" and really emphasizes meta-intel and related layers and, > because of that, has some awkward wording that might mislead the > reader. if you want to check the yocto-docs version of the same > manual, you might see what i'm talking about. > Yeah, I do see... I think all the examples in that section should be removed - some of them aren't even BSP layers, and at any rate we really don't need specific examples in a generic section like that. Posting an update to that section now... Tom > rday >