From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vms173007pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.7]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ou9ju-0007tf-8j for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:58:27 +0200 Received: from gandalf.denix.org ([unknown] [71.251.53.61]) by vms173007.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0L8J00AGOONB1FB3@vms173007.mailsrvcs.net> for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:57:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: by gandalf.denix.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A136314AF60; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:57:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:57:11 -0400 From: Denys Dmytriyenko In-reply-to: To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Message-id: <20100910185711.GG28148@denix.org> MIME-version: 1.0 References: <20100903111210.GA17702@game.jcrosoft.org> <1283570085-11968-1-git-send-email-plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> <131E5DFBE7373E4C8D813795A6AA7F080310BFA4A2@dlee06.ent.ti.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 206.46.173.7 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: denis@denix.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: [PATCH] rename SOC_FAMILY to TARGET_SOC_FAMILY and make it global X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:58:27 -0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-disposition: inline On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 07:58:39AM +0200, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote: > 2010/9/7 Maupin, Chase : >=20 > >> Forgot about this, but a variable should go with documentation. > >> This already has been raised with the orginal patch, but was ign= ored > >> by the submitters. > > > > Frans, Are you counting me as one of the original submitters? = =A0I mainly=20 > > use the SOC_FAMILY, I didn't create it. =A0That being said, if yo= u have a=20 > > recommended section of the usermanual that this should be documen= ted in=20 > > I'll try to add something. >=20 > Hi Chase, > I see you indeed as the submitter. The commit carries your name and > there is no reference in the commit message of another author. >=20 > Wrt the manual: actually I thought we had a section for this, but a= s > it stands i cannot find it. Guess I saw it somewhere else. > I'm not really sure where it would fit. I guess there are others wh= o > have a better view on the manual and its structure. Frans, I guess then you haven't read the original discussion closely enough.= Chase=20 only made a change to add existing SOC_FAMILY override into COMPATIBL= E_MACHINE=20 variable... I keep repeating myself - SOC_FAMILY feature is about a y= ear old.=20 It was introduced as part of a large merge from Arago. Here is the or= iginal=20 commit and some description: http://cgit.openembedded.org/cgit.cgi/openembedded/commit/?id=3Db7884= 99815bfc1974d4277c0a261b9a7c24aa816 --=20 Denys