[oe] [RFC] handhelds-pxa-2.6 -> linux-handhelds-2.6

[pHilipp Zabel]

On 10/14/06, Erik Hovland <erik at hovland.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 04:23:00PM +0300, Paul Sokolovsky wrote:
> > > On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 07:51:07PM +0300, Paul Sokolovsky wrote:
> > >> 2. "pxa" there is misleading, as 2.6 tree supports different
> > >> architectures. Handhelds.org tree as of now supports PXA, SA, and S3
> > >> (Samsung) devices. To the various degrees, but that's improving.
> >
> > > Technically, the pxa is not misleading per se. That recipe only builds a
> > > kernel for pxa devices.
> >
> >   Well that's why I brought this to discussion. By "only builds" do
> > you mean the current state of affairs or some inherent constraint on
> > that recipe?
>
> An inherent constraint of the recipe is that it will build a kernel
> which will only run on h3900 and h5400, which are pxa devices, h3600
> cannot run a kernel built with the recipe. That is traditionally why we
> named the recipes -pxa and -sa.

How is this an inherent constraint? Looking at a diff between
handhelds-pxa-2.6_cvs.bb and handhelds-sa-2.6_cvs.bb I don't see
anything architecture specific?

regards
Philipp