[oe] [PATCH v2] VMX25: Add machine support for vmx25

[Khem Raj]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Eric Bénard <eric at eukrea.com> wrote:
> Hi Khem,
>
> On 28/01/2011 18:50, Khem Raj wrote:
>>>
>>> +PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/bootloader = "barebox"
>>> +PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux"
>>> +PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/xserver = "xserver-xorg"
>>
>> what xserver is chosen is s distro choice do not lock it here.
>>
> not sure of this point : the distro don't know if you want xserver-xorg or
> xserver-kdrive for your machine.
>>>

what machine features will make one work and other not. IOW
what machine dependency does it have

>>> +
>>> +PREFERRED_VERSION_linux = "2.6.35"
>>
>> kernel should not be pinned in conf file but in the kernel recipe itself
>> you should add PREFERRRED_PROVIDER_yourmacine = ...
>>
>>> +
>>> +MACHINE_FEATURES = "kernel26 alsa ext2 usbhost usbgadget touchscreen
>>> keyboard"
>>> +
>>> +GUI_MACHINE_CLASS = "bigscreen"
>>> +XSERVER ?= "xserver-xorg \
>>> +           xf86-input-tslib \
>>> +           xf86-input-evdev \
>>> +           xf86-input-mouse \
>>> +           xf86-input-keyboard \
>>> +           xf86-video-fbdev \
>>> +"
>>
>> this two defines should be part of distros to pin not machines.
>>


> I'm not sure of this :
> GUI_MACHINE_CLASS is about the machine not the distro.
> XSERVER's choice depends on the machine not on the distro.

ok I see

>
> Eric
>
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