[oe] [PATCH] rename SOC_FAMILY to TARGET_SOC_FAMILY and make it global

[Denys Dmytriyenko]

On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 07:58:39AM +0200, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote:
> 2010/9/7 Maupin, Chase <chase.maupin at ti.com>:
> 
> >> Forgot about this, but a variable should go with documentation.
> >> This already has been raised with the orginal patch, but was ignored
> >> by the submitters.
> >
> > Frans, Are you counting me as one of the original submitters?  I mainly 
> > use the SOC_FAMILY, I didn't create it.  That being said, if you have a 
> > recommended section of the usermanual that this should be documented in 
> > I'll try to add something.
> 
> Hi Chase,
> I see you indeed as the submitter. The commit carries your name and
> there is no reference in the commit message of another author.
> 
> Wrt the manual: actually I thought we had a section for this, but as
> it stands i cannot find it. Guess I saw it somewhere else.
> I'm not really sure where it would fit. I guess there are others who
> have a better view on the manual and its structure.

Frans,

I guess then you haven't read the original discussion closely enough. Chase 
only made a change to add existing SOC_FAMILY override into COMPATIBLE_MACHINE 
variable... I keep repeating myself - SOC_FAMILY feature is about a year old. 
It was introduced as part of a large merge from Arago. Here is the original 
commit and some description:

http://cgit.openembedded.org/cgit.cgi/openembedded/commit/?id=b788499815bfc1974d4277c0a261b9a7c24aa816

-- 
Denys