[OE-core] [PATCH 9/9] populate_sdk_ext: add extensible SDK

[Paul Eggleton]

On Monday 23 February 2015 14:41:34 Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Paul Eggleton
> <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > From: Randy Witt <randy.e.witt at linux.intel.com>
> > 
> > This bbclass will create an SDK with a copy of bitbake and the metadata
> > and sstate for the target specified for the task. The idea is to let
> > "system" developers both work on applications and then test adding them
> > to an image without having to switch between workspaces or having to
> > download separate items.
> > 
> > Rather than running bitbake directly however, the primary way of running
> > builds within the extensible SDK is to use the "devtool" command. The
> > rest of the build system is fixed via locked shared state signatures,
> > and thus only the recipes you have added get built.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Randy Witt <randy.e.witt at linux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen at windriver.com>
> 
> Why another class? it could be tuned using SDKIMAGE_FEATURES

If you look at what the class does it would be a bit messy to do it that way - 
I wanted to get something working with minimal impact. I don't doubt
that it could be implemented as an SDKIMAGE_FEATURES item though
with extra work.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre