[oe] [PATCH] base.bbclass: add support for SOC_FAMILY in COMPATIBLE_MACHINES

[Phil Blundell]

On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 16:47 -0500, Chase Maupin wrote:
> * Add support for using SOC_FAMILY in the COMPATIBLE_MACHINES
>   setting for a recipe.
> * This will allow recipes to work for entire families of
>   devices without having to maintain/update the compatible
>   devices as new devices are added into a family

I don't suppose you'd consider refactoring your MACHINE names in order
to allow a simple regex in COMPATIBLE_MACHINE?  I don't have a strong
objection to this patch but, conceptually, it seems a bit ugly.

p.