[oe] [PATCHv2] common_use_cases: add description of SOC_FAMILY
Denys Dmytriyenko
denis at denix.org
Fri Sep 10 19:01:09 UTC 2010
On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 08:17:07AM +0200, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote:
> 2010/9/8 Chase Maupin <chasemaupin03 at gmail.com>:
> > * Added a description of the SOC_FAMILY variable that
> > can be set in the machine configuration files.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chase Maupin <chase.maupin at ti.com>
> > ---
> > docs/usermanual/chapters/common_use_cases.xml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/docs/usermanual/chapters/common_use_cases.xml b/docs/usermanual/chapters/common_use_cases.xml
> > index d86d0ca..ef81b95 100644
> > --- a/docs/usermanual/chapters/common_use_cases.xml
> > +++ b/docs/usermanual/chapters/common_use_cases.xml
> > @@ -94,6 +94,30 @@ SRCDATE = "20061014"
> > </listitem>
> > </itemizedlist></para>
> >
> > + <para>There are also some optional variables that can be defined:
> > + <itemizedlist>
> > + <listitem>
> > + <para><command>SOC_FAMILY</command> describes a family of processors
> > + that all share common features such as kernel versions,
> > + bootloaders, etc. This is used to allow overrides for a whole
> > + set of devices rather than per machine overrides being used.
> > + The use of SOC_FAMILY as an override is currently a distribution
> > + or local setting.
> > + </para>
> > + <para>
> > + NOTE: SOC_FAMILY is different than MACHINE_CLASS in that
> > + MACHINE_CLASS is intended to specify a grouping of devices
> > + that may have different processors but share common features.
> > + For example all OMAP3 devices can be described using the SOC_FAMILY
> > + "omap3" and this value can be used in overrides to prevent
> > + requiring multiple machine specific overrides. MACHINE_CLASS
> > + might be used to describe a class of devices such as a cell
> > + phone in which the processor may be different but the
> > + features such as touchscreen, GPS, modem, etc are the same.
> > + </para>
> > + </listitem>
> > + </itemizedlist></para>
> > +
> > <para>Next the kernel recipe needs to be added if it doesn't already exist.
> > </para>
> > </section>
> > --
> > 1.7.0.4
>
> Thanks for writing this.
> Seems like a decent description to me.
>
> Acked-by: Frans Meulenbroeks <fransmeulenbroeks at gmail.com>
Acked-by: Denys Dmytriyenko <denis at denix.org>
If there are no objections, I'd like to push it later today.
--
Denys
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