From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.chez-thomas.org (mail.mlbassoc.com [65.100.170.105]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D614E017B6 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 11:04:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 1998) id C754DF81218; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:04:05 -0600 (MDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on hermes.chez-thomas.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=4.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from [192.168.1.114] (zeus [192.168.1.114]) by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C838F81217; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:04:03 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <52714A22.3080909@mlbassoc.com> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:04:18 -0600 From: Gary Thomas User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org References: <52710C89.7030903@mlbassoc.com> <527116CB.1050508@mlbassoc.com> <52711B37.6050900@mlbassoc.com> <527145FE.9000407@boundarydevices.com> In-Reply-To: <527145FE.9000407@boundarydevices.com> Subject: Re: [meta-fsl-arm-extra][PATCH] nitrogen6x.conf: Allow kernel provider override X-BeenThere: meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Usage and development list for the meta-fsl-* layers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:04:06 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 2013-10-30 11:46, Eric Nelson wrote: > Hi Otavio, > > On 10/30/2013 10:29 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Daiane Angolini wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Otavio Salvador >>> wrote: >>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Gary Thomas wrote: >>>>> On 2013-10-30 08:33, Otavio Salvador wrote: >>>>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Gary Thomas wrote: >>>>>>> On 2013-10-30 08:10, Otavio Salvador wrote: >>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Gary Thomas wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This change lets the user override the choice of kernel in local.conf >>>>>>>>> Without it, there is no way to build any kernel, e.g. linux-imx, other >>>>>>>>> than the linux-boundary version. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Gary Thomas >>>>>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I do agree with both sides. But I think you didn´t presented the >>> complete set of possibilities. I mean, it´s not a "support" X >>> "flexibility" fight. >>> >>> If nitrogen-any deserves to be flexible, so all other deserves it the same way. >>> >>> If it´s "wrong" for one board. It´s "wrong" for any. So, please submit >>> the patch to fix all/every board. >> >> Agreed here. >> > Works for me. > > Gary, do you want to take the patch? Otavio asked me 'cause he > was asking about our board... Sure, I'll take this on for all the boards in meta-fsl-arm-* Look for it later today or tomorrow. > >>> As I really don´t have an strong position for this. I would say, let´s >>> change and see what´s happens. >>> >>> For support nightmare, we always need to say what is >>> u-boot/kernel/yocto problem in this ML, so the nightmare is already >>> here. >> >> :-( >> > > Aww, it's not a nightmare. It's a jobs program ;) > >>> But, in my opinion, it´s NOT a bug fix, and should NOT be merged in dora. >> >> Yes I agree it is not a bugfix but I think that it'd be better to be >> consistent with dora and master at this point. Most people will keep >> using dora for a while and it'd be better to have this deplyed now >> than see how it goes in 1.6 only. >> >> Comments? >> > > Gary, did you ever think a single question mark would prompt so much > discussion? Not unlike the recent headline "Single bit error in Toyota firmware kills ..." > > I wish we had a clean "MAKEALL" to make sure nothing breaks, but that > seems unlikely. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------