Re: [PATCH 1/1] ia32-base.inc: new include file

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, 2012-08-24 at 23:34 -0500, tom.zanussi@intel.com wrote:
> From: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@intel.com>
> 
> This is the ia32-base.inc moved over from meta-intel.  See meta-intel
> for the complete history of contributions to this file.
> 
> Here's the initial commit text that explains the purpose of this file:
> 
>   The meta-intel BSPs currently have a number of machine settings common
>   to all - factor these out into a common include file.
> 
>   Also add several new intel-specific XSERVER variables for building
>   XSERVER variables in BSPs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@intel.com>
> ---
>  meta/conf/machine/include/ia32-base.inc | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 58 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 meta/conf/machine/include/ia32-base.inc

I'd add that there are several reasons for this. Things like atom-pc
from meta-yocto could do with accessing this file's content for example
so its useful beyond just meta-intel. In the same way we have various
core "tune" files in OE-Core, this one has become something similar for
IA32. There were recently sstate reuse bugs where the lack of a common
include were causing this to get rebuild depending on which machine was
selected.

It also allows the yocto-bsp tools to work with OE-Core where they'd
currently have failures due to recommending this file.

Cheers,

Richard