[oe] OE on my new tablet. How write a new machine conf file?

[Cliff Brake]

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Davide Pasini <ilpaso at inwind.it> wrote:
> Hi all
> I'm new in OpenEmbedded and it is a very good idea!
> Maybe this is not the right place for a newbie help req but the user
> mail list is a desert.
>
> I bought a china tablet few days ago. It has Android or WinCe OS.
> I'd like to install a linux distro on it.
>
> I'm trying to build my distro (minimal distro with only a shell
> interface) but I'm lost in the .conf files.
> Obviously my machine is not in the "machines list" and I'd like to
> create an ad-hoc conf file maybe starting from an existing machine file.
>
> my device mount an ARM 11 (ARM v6) CPU and this is the link to some
> additional infos http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740631
>
> How write a new machine conf file?
> Any help is appreciated.

Just look at the existing ones and copy/modify one that is reasonably
close.  The other thing that is typically required is to add/modify a
kernel recipe for your machine.  See:
http://wiki.openembedded.net/index.php/Adding_a_new_Machine for more
information.

Thanks,
Cliff

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