[oe] Ideas for scripts, to save work, when building several boards

[Koen Kooi]

On 13-08-09 12:07, Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
> Koen Kooi skrev:
>> On 13-08-09 09:13, Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
>>> Since I will need to test multiple boards,
>>> I decided to write some scripts which I will
>>> check in later today in origin/ulf/linux-2.6.30.2
>>>
>>> I generated a "MAKEALL" script which will
>>> source a file "board_list.sh" with board build commands
>>>
>>> <SOF>
>>> build_board    sam9263dfc    x11-gpe-image
>>> build_board    sam9g45ek    opie-image
>>> build_board    sam9g10df    x11-gpe-image
>>> build_board    sam9g20dfc    console-image
>>> build_board    sam9260dfc    console-image
>>> build_board    sam9261df    x11-image
>>> build_board    sam9xedfc    console-image
>>> <EOF>
>>
>> You do know that you can do that with MACHINE=foo bitbake bar, right?
>>
>
> Didn't try that.
> I assume this means that the cross compiler is not rebuilt,

Unless you poked at the gcc recipes, no, it won't get rebuilt.

> Is the root fs assembled from ipks then?

if you use rootfs_ipk.bbclass, yes.

Note that the official angstrom buildguide has mentioned that for years: 
http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/building-angstrom

regards,

Koen