Re: [docs] how should one update "dual, six-core Xeons"?

["Antonin Godard" <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>]

Hi,

On Mon Sep 14, 2026 at 11:46 AM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Sep 2026, Richard Purdie wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2026-09-14 at 10:36 +0200, Antonin Godard via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
>> > On Fri Sep 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>> > >
>> > > here:
>> > >
>> > > https://docs.yoctoproject.org/dev/dev-manual/start.html
>> > >
>> > > it's amusing to read, "These systems, in general, should be high
>> > > performance (e.g. dual, six-core Xeons with 24 Gbytes of RAM and
>> > > plenty of disk space)."
>> > >
>> > > would someone like to suggest a more modern configuration, and i'll
>> > > submit a patch.
>> >
>> > We could simply say: "&MIN_RAM; Gbytes of RAM, at least &MIN_DISK_SPACE; disk
>> > space".
>> >
>> > Those are replaced by our poky.yaml.in replacements when building.
>> >
>> > Not sure we need to mention a processor model here, as it would become obsolete
>> > in the future.
>>
>> I think the key is to mention multi cored system, "ideally with at least 16 cores"?
>
>   i can submit a v2 with that info, but would that be hard-coded since
> there is no variable in poky.yaml.in that relates to that.

Right, I think we could hold this value next to MIN_RAM and MIN_DISK_SPACE, so
we keep all of them in sync.

I think we should add MIN_CPU_CORES in a patch, then use this value next to
where MIN_DISK_SPACE and MIN_RAM are used in the docs.

Thanks,
Antonin