[Openembedded-architecture] RFC: Non-Linux BSPs and/or non-standard architectures

[Phil Blundell]

On Thu, 2017-05-11 at 17:18 -0400, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
> All,
> 
> Somewhat related to the other Yocto Project Compliance 2.0
> discussion, I 
> have a question about supporting non-Linux BSPs or BSPs with both
> Linux and 
> non-Linux targets. I've noticed there's some support for "baremetal"
> builds. 
> What about non-standard architectures? Will that affect Compliance
> factors in 
> any way?

I think you probably ought to take Yocto Compliance questions to one of
the Yocto mailing lists rather than openembedded.org.

> Just to provide some specific examples - I'm trying to determine
> feasibility 
> and validity of adding meta-ti support for RTOS OS on TI existing
> platforms, 
> as well as adding C6x-architecture DSP-based platforms to meta-ti
> that can 
> only do RTOS. 

YPC considerations aside, I think that would be a fine idea.  And of
course there are any number of Cortex-M/Cortex-R platforms out there
that can run uClinux but not "real" linux, etc.  I would be delighted
to see more classic embedded support in OE.

p.