From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cpanel7.indieserve.net (cpanel7.indieserve.net [199.212.143.8]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web12.11955.1582491869074254971 for ; Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:04:29 -0800 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=missing; spf=pass (domain: crashcourse.ca, ip: 199.212.143.8, mailfrom: rpjday@crashcourse.ca) Received: from cpef81d0f814063-cmf81d0f814060.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.114.57.56]:60614 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel7.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1j5yQN-003ldX-A0 for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Sun, 23 Feb 2020 16:04:28 -0500 Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 16:04:25 -0500 (EST) From: "rpjday@crashcourse.ca" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: YP docs mailing list Subject: BSP guide: what is a "kernel layer"? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel7.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel7.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel7.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII BSP guide, section 1.8.2: "As mentioned earlier in this section, the existence of a machine configuration file is what makes a layer a BSP layer as compared to a general or kernel layer." um ... what is a "kernel layer"? normally, kernel recipes or bbappend files *are* part of the BSP layer. i might reword that as "compared to a user space or application layer" or something like that. i'm currently tweaking the BSP guide so i can toss in some rewording here. thoughts? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================