[oe] RFC: machine customized ixp4xx NPE firmware

[Rod Whitby]

Robin Farine wrote:
> The platform I am working on is using NPE-B and NPE-C as Ethernet
> interfaces. The ixp4xx-npe package from the OE snapshot I am 
> currently
> using builds firmware for NPE-B only and the firmware type is 
> hard-coded
> in "IxNpeMicrocode.h".
> 
> The patch below proposes a means of letting the machine 
> configuration file
> decide which NPE firmware to build.

Thanks.  We'll be very happy to apply that patch.  I'll take a close
look at it tonight.

> Another but somewhat related point is the COMPATIBLE_MACHINE 
> variable. If
> my machine's name does not start with nslug or ixp4xx, I am forced 
> to
> change many package recipes (I suspect it is a FAQ but I do not seem 
> to
> able to access the mailing-list archive at the moment), perhaps a
> COMPATIBLE_ARCH variable would be help here ?

Which machine/arch are you using?  We can easily extend that
compatibility to include any other machines/archs that will use it.

-- Rod