From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vms173001pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.1]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QrlIC-0000Zt-5C for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:32:28 +0200 Received: from gandalf.denix.org ([unknown] [108.18.140.4]) by vms173001.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0LPS006ABXY3GTW0@vms173001.mailsrvcs.net> for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:27:45 -0500 (CDT) Received: by gandalf.denix.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8FBD614AF5D; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:27:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:27:39 -0400 From: Denys Dmytriyenko To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer Message-id: <20110812062739.GC13857@denix.org> References: MIME-version: 1.0 In-reply-to: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Subject: Re: Questions about the layer structure in OpenEmbedded-Core 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: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:32:28 -0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 08:17:52AM +0200, Samuel Stirtzel wrote: > Hi, > lately I looked a bit into the structure of OE-Core and found pages > like: http://www.yoctoproject.org/projects/openembedded-core, and > http://openembedded.org/index.php/LayerIndex > > 1. question: Are these informations reliable (the layer index page > seems outdated). From the information I found, this graphic was > created as conclusion: > http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/155/openembeddedlayers.png/ > > 2.: Currently the "UI layer" seems to be contained in > meta-openembedded, so is this _the_ layer for UI and windowmanager > recipes or is this a subject to change? > > 3.: The commercial layer is nowhere found, what are the plans for this > layer, or was this just an idea? Commercial layers are what envisioned to be provided by OSVs, such as Mentor, MontaVista, TimeSys etc... > 4.: In which layer would distributions fit in the graphic? In one of the earlier discussions it was said that distribution layer is rather vertical and can span across multiple other layers by modifying and adjusting different aspects through config files and .bbappends > 5.: Is something important missing / wrong in my graphic (other than > the distro stuff)? -- Denys