[oe] Machine config generator (FOSDEM idea)

[Ken Gilmer]

Sounds like something I'd also like to add to OTE...

thx
ken


On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 15:25 +0100, Marcin Juszkiewicz wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I was talking during FOSDEM with some developers and one of things which 
> I was asked about was 'how to create machine config' (usually question 
> was other but had this sense).
> 
> OE developers usually know that machine config is simple but tell that 
> to Joe Random who only knows that his board use s3c2443 etc. So idea was 
> to create simple few steps wizard which will ask few questions and 
> produce machine config as result. More work would be required on 
> creating kernel recipe because kernel can be from svn/cvs/git or tarball 
> + quilt patchset etc...
> 
> Thats only beginning of idea - I hope that someone will provide 
> feedback.
> 
> Regards,