* [PATCH 0/2] bitbake-setup: add descriptions for fragment choices
@ 2026-01-16 15:48 Antonin Godard
2026-01-16 15:48 ` [PATCH 1/2] bin/bitbake-setup: " Antonin Godard
2026-01-16 15:48 ` [PATCH 2/2] default-registry: update fragments choices with descriptions Antonin Godard
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From: Antonin Godard @ 2026-01-16 15:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bitbake-devel; +Cc: Thomas Petazzoni, docs, Antonin Godard
Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
---
Antonin Godard (2):
bin/bitbake-setup: add descriptions for fragment choices
default-registry: update fragments choices with descriptions
bin/bitbake-setup | 14 ++++++++-----
.../configurations/oe-nodistro-master.conf.json | 6 +++++-
.../oe-nodistro-whinlatter.conf.json | 6 +++++-
.../configurations/poky-master.conf.json | 14 +++++++++++--
.../configurations/poky-whinlatter.conf.json | 14 +++++++++++--
.../bitbake-user-manual-environment-setup.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++++++--
setup-schema/bitbake-setup.schema.json | 23 +++++++++++++++++-----
7 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: c16e7ba2088dcd119e93bad6cf22d9026ec1736b
change-id: 20260116-bitbake-setup-choose-builtin-fb199054cc25
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* [PATCH 1/2] bin/bitbake-setup: add descriptions for fragment choices
2026-01-16 15:48 [PATCH 0/2] bitbake-setup: add descriptions for fragment choices Antonin Godard
@ 2026-01-16 15:48 ` Antonin Godard
2026-01-16 18:23 ` [docs] " Alexander Kanavin
2026-01-16 15:48 ` [PATCH 2/2] default-registry: update fragments choices with descriptions Antonin Godard
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From: Antonin Godard @ 2026-01-16 15:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bitbake-devel; +Cc: Thomas Petazzoni, docs, Antonin Godard
Make it possible to give fragments descriptions as it can help users
determine which fragments to pick during bitbake-setup init.
It is still possible to provide a list (with no descriptions) for
backwards-compatibility.
Update the documentation accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
---
bin/bitbake-setup | 14 ++++++++-----
.../bitbake-user-manual-environment-setup.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++++++--
setup-schema/bitbake-setup.schema.json | 23 +++++++++++++++++-----
3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/bin/bitbake-setup b/bin/bitbake-setup
index abe7614c832..bb0a579bbed 100755
--- a/bin/bitbake-setup
+++ b/bin/bitbake-setup
@@ -494,20 +494,24 @@ def choose_fragments(possibilities, parameters, non_interactive, skip_selection)
if skip_selection and k in skip_selection:
logger.info("Skipping a selection of {}, as requested on command line. The resulting bitbake configuration may require further manual adjustments.".format(k))
continue
- choice = [o for o in v["options"] if o in parameters]
+ options = v["options"]
+ choice = [o for o in options if o in parameters]
if len(choice) > 1:
- raise Exception("Options specified on command line do not allow a single selection from possibilities {}, please remove one or more from {}".format(v["options"], parameters))
+ raise Exception("Options specified on command line do not allow a single selection from possibilities {}, please remove one or more from {}".format(options, parameters))
if len(choice) == 1:
choices[k] = choice[0]
continue
if non_interactive:
- raise Exception("Unable to choose from options in non-interactive mode: {}".format(v["options"]))
+ raise Exception("Unable to choose from options in non-interactive mode: {}".format(options))
logger.plain("\n" + v["description"] + ":")
- options_enumerated = list(enumerate(v["options"], 1))
+ options_enumerated = list(enumerate(options, 1))
for n,o in options_enumerated:
- logger.plain("{}. {}".format(n, o))
+ opt_str = f"{n}. {o}"
+ if isinstance(options, dict):
+ opt_str += f"\t{options[o]}"
+ logger.plain(opt_str)
option_n = int_input([i[0] for i in options_enumerated],
"\nPlease select one of the above options by its number: ") - 1
choices[k] = options_enumerated[option_n][1]
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-environment-setup.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-environment-setup.rst
index fcffab8123b..14d0f87aeb4 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-environment-setup.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-environment-setup.rst
@@ -747,11 +747,21 @@ They contain the following sections:
"oe-fragments-one-of": {
"machine": {
"description": "Target machines",
- "options" : ["machine/qemux86-64", "machine/qemuarm64", "machine/qemuriscv64", "machine/genericarm64", "machine/genericx86-64"]
+ "options" : {
+ "machine/qemux86-64": "Machine configuration for running an x86-64 system on QEMU",
+ "machine/qemuarm64": "Machine configuration for running an ARMv8 system on QEMU",
+ "machine/qemuriscv64": "Machine configuration for running an RISC-V system on QEMU",
+ "machine/genericarm64": "Machine configuration for Arm64 SystemReady IR/ES platforms",
+ "machine/genericx86-64": "Machine configuration for generic x86_64 (64-bit) PCs and servers"
+ }
},
"distro": {
"description": "Distribution configuration variants",
- "options" : ["distro/poky", "distro/poky-altcfg", "distro/poky-tiny"]
+ "options" : {
+ "distro/poky": "Distro configuration for Poky (Yocto Project Reference Distro)",
+ "distro/poky-altcfg": "Distro configuration for Poky (systemd init manager)",
+ "distro/poky-tiny": "Distro configuration for Poky (optimized for size)"
+ }
}
},
"configurations": [
@@ -840,6 +850,13 @@ They contain the following sections:
- ``oe-fragments-one-of`` (*optional*, OpenEmbedded specific): the OpenEmbedded
fragments to select as part of the build.
+ This can one of two formats:
+
+ - A dictionary where keys are fragments names and values are descriptions
+ for these fragments (like in the example above).
+
+ - A list of fragment names.
+
This will trigger choices to make during the
:ref:`ref-bbsetup-command-init` command execution.
diff --git a/setup-schema/bitbake-setup.schema.json b/setup-schema/bitbake-setup.schema.json
index e51fef3b97c..51035fbaa53 100644
--- a/setup-schema/bitbake-setup.schema.json
+++ b/setup-schema/bitbake-setup.schema.json
@@ -61,11 +61,24 @@
},
"oe-fragments": {
"$anchor": "oe-fragments",
- "type": "array",
- "description": "List of BitBake configuration fragments to enable",
- "items": {
- "type": "string"
- }
+ "oneOf": [
+ {
+ "type": "array",
+ "description": "List of BitBake configuration fragments to enable",
+ "items": {
+ "type": "string"
+ }
+ },
+ {
+ "type": "object",
+ "description": "Dictionary of BitBake configuration fragments to enable (with description)",
+ "patternProperties": {
+ ".*": {
+ "type": "string"
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ ]
},
"oe-fragments-one-of": {
"type": "object",
--
2.52.0
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* [PATCH 2/2] default-registry: update fragments choices with descriptions
2026-01-16 15:48 [PATCH 0/2] bitbake-setup: add descriptions for fragment choices Antonin Godard
2026-01-16 15:48 ` [PATCH 1/2] bin/bitbake-setup: " Antonin Godard
@ 2026-01-16 15:48 ` Antonin Godard
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Antonin Godard @ 2026-01-16 15:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bitbake-devel; +Cc: Thomas Petazzoni, docs, Antonin Godard
Give descriptions to the fragment choices to help the user know what to
pick during 'bitbake-setup init'. These descriptions were based on the
descriptions found in the corresponding configuration files in
OE-Core/meta-yocto.
Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
---
.../configurations/oe-nodistro-master.conf.json | 6 +++++-
.../configurations/oe-nodistro-whinlatter.conf.json | 6 +++++-
default-registry/configurations/poky-master.conf.json | 14 ++++++++++++--
default-registry/configurations/poky-whinlatter.conf.json | 14 ++++++++++++--
4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/default-registry/configurations/oe-nodistro-master.conf.json b/default-registry/configurations/oe-nodistro-master.conf.json
index 180d2008a72..b8d4324dc3b 100644
--- a/default-registry/configurations/oe-nodistro-master.conf.json
+++ b/default-registry/configurations/oe-nodistro-master.conf.json
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@
"oe-fragments-one-of": {
"machine": {
"description": "Target machines",
- "options" : ["machine/qemux86-64", "machine/qemuarm64", "machine/qemuriscv64"]
+ "options" : {
+ "machine/qemux86-64": "Machine configuration for running an x86-64 system on QEMU",
+ "machine/qemuarm64": "Machine configuration for running an ARMv8 system on QEMU",
+ "machine/qemuriscv64": "Machine configuration for running an RISC-V system on QEMU"
+ }
}
}
}
diff --git a/default-registry/configurations/oe-nodistro-whinlatter.conf.json b/default-registry/configurations/oe-nodistro-whinlatter.conf.json
index 7b183ae1c43..7774bf7eefd 100644
--- a/default-registry/configurations/oe-nodistro-whinlatter.conf.json
+++ b/default-registry/configurations/oe-nodistro-whinlatter.conf.json
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@
"oe-fragments-one-of": {
"machine": {
"description": "Target machines",
- "options" : ["machine/qemux86-64", "machine/qemuarm64", "machine/qemuriscv64"]
+ "options" : {
+ "machine/qemux86-64": "Machine configuration for running an x86-64 system on QEMU",
+ "machine/qemuarm64": "Machine configuration for running an ARMv8 system on QEMU",
+ "machine/qemuriscv64": "Machine configuration for running an RISC-V system on QEMU"
+ }
}
}
}
diff --git a/default-registry/configurations/poky-master.conf.json b/default-registry/configurations/poky-master.conf.json
index 1de038babe7..e3998ab8c7d 100644
--- a/default-registry/configurations/poky-master.conf.json
+++ b/default-registry/configurations/poky-master.conf.json
@@ -54,11 +54,21 @@
"oe-fragments-one-of": {
"machine": {
"description": "Target machines",
- "options" : ["machine/qemux86-64", "machine/qemuarm64", "machine/qemuriscv64", "machine/genericarm64", "machine/genericx86-64"]
+ "options" : {
+ "machine/qemux86-64": "Machine configuration for running an x86-64 system on QEMU",
+ "machine/qemuarm64": "Machine configuration for running an ARMv8 system on QEMU",
+ "machine/qemuriscv64": "Machine configuration for running an RISC-V system on QEMU",
+ "machine/genericarm64": "Machine configuration for Arm64 SystemReady IR/ES platforms",
+ "machine/genericx86-64": "Machine configuration for generic x86_64 (64-bit) PCs and servers"
+ }
},
"distro": {
"description": "Distribution configuration variants",
- "options" : ["distro/poky", "distro/poky-altcfg", "distro/poky-tiny"]
+ "options" : {
+ "distro/poky": "Distro configuration for Poky (Yocto Project Reference Distro)",
+ "distro/poky-altcfg": "Distro configuration for Poky (systemd init manager)",
+ "distro/poky-tiny": "Distro configuration for Poky (optimized for size)"
+ }
}
},
"configurations": [
diff --git a/default-registry/configurations/poky-whinlatter.conf.json b/default-registry/configurations/poky-whinlatter.conf.json
index bfa67426dbf..b6834274f8a 100644
--- a/default-registry/configurations/poky-whinlatter.conf.json
+++ b/default-registry/configurations/poky-whinlatter.conf.json
@@ -55,11 +55,21 @@
"oe-fragments-one-of": {
"machine": {
"description": "Target machines",
- "options" : ["machine/qemux86-64", "machine/qemuarm64", "machine/qemuriscv64", "machine/genericarm64", "machine/genericx86-64"]
+ "options" : {
+ "machine/qemux86-64": "Machine configuration for running an x86-64 system on QEMU",
+ "machine/qemuarm64": "Machine configuration for running an ARMv8 system on QEMU",
+ "machine/qemuriscv64": "Machine configuration for running an RISC-V system on QEMU",
+ "machine/genericarm64": "Machine configuration for Arm64 SystemReady IR/ES platforms",
+ "machine/genericx86-64": "Machine configuration for generic x86_64 (64-bit) PCs and servers"
+ }
},
"distro": {
"description": "Distribution configuration variants",
- "options" : ["distro/poky", "distro/poky-altcfg", "distro/poky-tiny"]
+ "options" : {
+ "distro/poky": "Distro configuration for Poky (Yocto Project Reference Distro)",
+ "distro/poky-altcfg": "Distro configuration for Poky (systemd init manager)",
+ "distro/poky-tiny": "Distro configuration for Poky (optimized for size)"
+ }
}
},
"configurations": [
--
2.52.0
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* Re: [docs] [PATCH 1/2] bin/bitbake-setup: add descriptions for fragment choices
2026-01-16 15:48 ` [PATCH 1/2] bin/bitbake-setup: " Antonin Godard
@ 2026-01-16 18:23 ` Alexander Kanavin
2026-01-20 8:57 ` Antonin Godard
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Alexander Kanavin @ 2026-01-16 18:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: antonin.godard; +Cc: bitbake-devel, Thomas Petazzoni, docs
On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 at 16:49, Antonin Godard via
lists.yoctoproject.org
<antonin.godard=bootlin.com@lists.yoctoproject.org> wrote:
> - "options" : ["machine/qemux86-64", "machine/qemuarm64", "machine/qemuriscv64", "machine/genericarm64", "machine/genericx86-64"]
> + "options" : {
> + "machine/qemux86-64": "Machine configuration for running an x86-64 system on QEMU",
> + "machine/qemuarm64": "Machine configuration for running an ARMv8 system on QEMU",
> + "machine/qemuriscv64": "Machine configuration for running an RISC-V system on QEMU",
> + "machine/genericarm64": "Machine configuration for Arm64 SystemReady IR/ES platforms",
> + "machine/genericx86-64": "Machine configuration for generic x86_64 (64-bit) PCs and servers"
Let's make this properly extensible:
options: [ {"name":"machine/qemux86-64","description":"Machine
configuration for ..."}, {"name":...},...]
Basically "options" remains a list, but each item in that list can be
either a string, or a dictionary. That way more keys can be added to
the dictionary in the future if needed.
Alex
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* Re: [docs] [PATCH 1/2] bin/bitbake-setup: add descriptions for fragment choices
2026-01-16 18:23 ` [docs] " Alexander Kanavin
@ 2026-01-20 8:57 ` Antonin Godard
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Antonin Godard @ 2026-01-20 8:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexander Kanavin; +Cc: bitbake-devel, Thomas Petazzoni, docs
Hi,
On Fri Jan 16, 2026 at 7:23 PM CET, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 at 16:49, Antonin Godard via
> lists.yoctoproject.org
> <antonin.godard=bootlin.com@lists.yoctoproject.org> wrote:
>> - "options" : ["machine/qemux86-64", "machine/qemuarm64", "machine/qemuriscv64", "machine/genericarm64", "machine/genericx86-64"]
>> + "options" : {
>> + "machine/qemux86-64": "Machine configuration for running an x86-64 system on QEMU",
>> + "machine/qemuarm64": "Machine configuration for running an ARMv8 system on QEMU",
>> + "machine/qemuriscv64": "Machine configuration for running an RISC-V system on QEMU",
>> + "machine/genericarm64": "Machine configuration for Arm64 SystemReady IR/ES platforms",
>> + "machine/genericx86-64": "Machine configuration for generic x86_64 (64-bit) PCs and servers"
>
> Let's make this properly extensible:
>
> options: [ {"name":"machine/qemux86-64","description":"Machine
> configuration for ..."}, {"name":...},...]
>
> Basically "options" remains a list, but each item in that list can be
> either a string, or a dictionary. That way more keys can be added to
> the dictionary in the future if needed.
Makes total sense, I'm about to send a v2. Thanks :)
Antonin
--
Antonin Godard, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com
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