[PATCH] local.conf.sample: mention other QEMU targets in OE

[PATCH] local.conf.sample: mention other QEMU targets in OE

[Robert P. J. Day]

Mention that there are other QEMU targets available in the OE layer,
and leave it for the reader to check them out.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>

---

  i think this is the happy medium between not saying anything about
the additional QEMU machines, and promoting them to full equality with
the other layers -- just let the reader know where they can examine
them.

diff --git a/meta/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta/conf/local.conf.sample
index c05691de58..c28ff62468 100644
--- a/meta/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@
 # This sets the default machine to be qemux86-64 if no other machine is selected:
 MACHINE ??= "qemux86-64"

-#
+# Note that the openembedded-core layer defines a few more QEMU targets that
+# are not listed here as they are not tested as robustly as the above, but they
+# are still available for the adventurous; see the full list at:
+# https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/meta/conf/machine
+
 # Where to place downloads
 #
 # During a first build the system will download many different source code tarballs

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Robert P. J. Day                                 Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA
                         http://crashcourse.ca

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Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] local.conf.sample: mention other QEMU targets in OE

[richard.purdie]

On Thu, 2022-05-12 at 04:38 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> Mention that there are other QEMU targets available in the OE layer,
> and leave it for the reader to check them out.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
> 
> ---
> 
>   i think this is the happy medium between not saying anything about
> the additional QEMU machines, and promoting them to full equality with
> the other layers -- just let the reader know where they can examine
> them.
> 
> diff --git a/meta/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta/conf/local.conf.sample
> index c05691de58..c28ff62468 100644
> --- a/meta/conf/local.conf.sample
> +++ b/meta/conf/local.conf.sample
> @@ -29,7 +29,11 @@
>  # This sets the default machine to be qemux86-64 if no other machine is selected:
>  MACHINE ??= "qemux86-64"
> 
> -#
> +# Note that the openembedded-core layer defines a few more QEMU targets that
> +# are not listed here as they are not tested as robustly as the above, but they
> +# are still available for the adventurous; see the full list at:
> +# https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/meta/conf/machine
> +

I don't mind adding a note about this but wouldn't it be better to
suggest the user look at the meta/conf/machine directory rather than a
web url since they might not actually be online?

Cheers,

Richard