From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga03.intel.com ([143.182.124.21]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QCwPP-0004hC-By for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:07:13 +0200 Received: from azsmga001.ch.intel.com ([10.2.17.19]) by azsmga101.ch.intel.com with ESMTP; 21 Apr 2011 09:04:41 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.64,252,1301900400"; d="scan'208";a="423343648" Received: from unknown (HELO helios.localnet) ([10.255.13.60]) by azsmga001.ch.intel.com with ESMTP; 21 Apr 2011 09:04:40 -0700 From: Paul Eggleton Organization: Intel Corporation (UK) To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:04:37 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.35-28-generic-pae; KDE/4.6.1; i686; ; ) MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201104211704.37707.paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com> Subject: [RFC] meta-handheld X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:07:13 -0000 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, I've discussed the possibility with a few people on IRC of creating a meta- handheld layer for support of older handheld devices - this would include Zaurus, iPAQ, SimPad, etc; possibly even EZX phones if they aren't in a layer of their own. These machines share a fair amount of commonality and I don't think that they will all survive if each one has to be put into a BSP of its own. Response so far seems to be positive but I'd like to hear thoughts from others on this. I have access to many of these devices, and this is something I am prepared to maintain on my own time, although I would appreciate help from others. I have the basis of a layer from what was left in oe-core and meta-extras but quite a lot of it would need to be brought over from OE. If people agree that this is a good idea, the next question would be where to host it - is this something that could be within the meta-oe repository? Cheers, Paul -- Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre (UK)