[oe] how to create a new layer

[Richard Cagley]

On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Paul Eggleton
<paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 22 May 2014 15:46:01 Richard Cagley wrote:
>> > One other thing to note - if there are overrides for the previous machine
>> > (e.g. in bbappends you may see _zedboard-zynq7) you should change
>> > these to _me so that they still apply.
>>
>> What is the threshold for making a new machine? That is, if I just
>> have a .bbappend file I want, that should just involve creating a new
>> layer and putting the bbappend file in the correct location. I
>> shouldn't have to change anything else correct?
>>
>> For instance, if I just want to change the kernel configuration with a
>> frag file I can put linux-xlnx_3.8.bbappedn in
>> meta-me/recipes-kernel/linux and that's all I need?
>
> Yes, that should be all that is required - no need for your own machine
> configuration in this case.
>
>> I guess I'm just confused at what point I actually need a new machine.
>
> If you want to change the global configuration for the machine substantially
> from that in the original BSP, you may need to create your own machine
> configuration; but for the exact same hardware as the original BSP supports I
> would have thought that in most cases it would not be necessary.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
> --
>
> Paul Eggleton
> Intel Open Source Technology Centre

Thanks Paul. I think I got it....or I'm starting to get it.