[oe] [oe-commits] org.oe.dev PDA-like machines with card slots: Enable "vfat" feature.

[Koen Kooi]

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Rod Whitby schreef:
> pHilipp Zabel wrote:
>>> So now that we have the easy method implemented, let's strive for a correct one.
>>> I'd say vfat as other file systems should be a distro-only feature,
>>> cardslot (or "removablestorage") a machine-only one:
>>> "vfat" in DISTRO_FEATURES and "cardslot" in MACHINE_FEATURES --> task-base-vfat
>>> "ext2" in DISTRO_FEATURES and ("cardslot" in MACHINE_FEATURES or "hdd"
>>> in MACHINE_FEATURES) --> task-base-ext2 (without the hdparm
>>> dependency)
>>> "hdd" in MACHINE_FEATURES --> hdparm
>>> etc.
> 
> I agree with the principle.  We also need to add 'usbhost' to the list
> of machine features which can enable the ext2 and vfat distro features
> (for usb flash sticks on devices with usb host ports).
> 
> And of course we need to work out the best way (and appropriate timing)
> for implementation. :-)
> 
> Marcin, Koen, Richard: Do you guys have an opinion on this
> machine/distro features independent naming and combinations of different
> names feeding into combined features?  We need agreement on the
> principle before getting too far into implementation discussion.

My opinion is that 'DISTRO_*' is a misnomer since it essentially decides
what gets into an image. But it works on a 'global' task-base, so it
isn't IMAGE_* either. Maybe we should have a look at what Steve Sakoman
cooked up for the gumstix people.

regards,

Koen

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