From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id AD4E7E005B4; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 02:06:24 -0800 (PST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on yocto-www.yoctoproject.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com (astoria.ccjclearline.com [64.235.106.9]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69834E002F9 for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 02:06:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from [99.240.204.5] (port=38092 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6GAM-0000VA-NM; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 05:06:10 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 05:06:08 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: Gary Thomas In-Reply-To: <54A32BC0.3090102@mlbassoc.com> Message-ID: References: <54A32BC0.3090102@mlbassoc.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (LFD 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: yocto@yoctoproject.org Subject: Re: more BSP Guide pedantry involving customizing a recipe X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto Project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 10:06:24 -0000 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Tue, 30 Dec 2014, Gary Thomas wrote: > On 2014-12-30 12:31, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > (you can tell i'm bored and want to get back up to speed on stuff > > ...) > > > > section 1.4 in BSP Guide, "Customizing a Recipe for a BSP", appears > > to discuss a new layer, "meta-xyz", then suggests the new "interfaces" > > file for this machine needs to go at the location: > > > > meta-xyz/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/files/xyz/interfaces > > ^^^ ??? > > > > but the files/ subdirectory of "xyz/" would appear to be necessary > > (as we all know) only if this was a more general layer that > > represented several machines (say, meta-ti) for which we *needed* to > > distinguish between machines. > > > > so while the above might be technically correct, it might mislead > > readers to think they *needed* to create a "xyz/" subdirectory for > > that overriding interfaces file. > > Actually, it *is* necessary if meta-xyz supports more than one > MACHINE and those targets have unique versions of the 'interfaces' > file (which is common since this file is being tailored for a > particular target machine) i realize that, but it's not clear from the wording of that section that that could be a possibility. i just like to avoid potential confusion, and giving the reader the wrong impression. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================