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diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/README b/meta/conf/machine/include/README index e4b59c9566..65d09428a8 100644 --- a/meta/conf/machine/include/README +++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/README @@ -1,27 +1,27 @@ 2012/03/30 - Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com> - Initial Revision -The individual CPU, and ABI tunings are contained in this directory. A -number of local and global variables are used to control the way the -tunings are setup and how they work together to specify an optimized +The individual CPU, and ABI tunings are contained in this directory. A +number of local and global variables are used to control the way the +tunings are setup and how they work together to specify an optimized configuration. -The following is brief summary of the generic components that are used +The following is brief summary of the generic components that are used in these tunings. -AVAILTUNES - This is a list of all of the tuning definitions currently -available in the system. Not all tunes in this list may be compatible -with the machine configuration, or each other in a multilib -configuration. Each tuning file can add to this list using "+=", but +AVAILTUNES - This is a list of all of the tuning definitions currently +available in the system. Not all tunes in this list may be compatible +with the machine configuration, or each other in a multilib +configuration. Each tuning file can add to this list using "+=", but should never replace the list using "=". -DEFAULTTUNE - This specifies the tune to use for a particular build. -Each tune should specify a reasonable default, which can be overriden by -a machine or multilib configuration. The specified tune must be listed +DEFAULTTUNE - This specifies the tune to use for a particular build. +Each tune should specify a reasonable default, which can be overriden by +a machine or multilib configuration. The specified tune must be listed in the AVAILTUNES. -TUNEVALID[feature] - The <feature> is defined with a human readable -explanation for what it does. All architectural, cpu, abi, etc tuning +TUNEVALID[feature] - The <feature> is defined with a human readable +explanation for what it does. All architectural, cpu, abi, etc tuning features must be defined using TUNEVALID. TUNECONFLICTS[feature] - A list of features which conflict with <feature>. @@ -31,51 +31,51 @@ tuning ends up with features which conflict with each other. TUNE_FEATURES - This is automatically defined as TUNE_FEATURES_tune-<tune>. See TUNE_FEATURES_tune-<tune> for more information. -TUNE_FEATURES_tune-<tune> - Specify the features used to describe a -specific tune. This is a list of features that a tune support, each -feature must be in the TUNEVALID list. Note: the tune and a given -feature name may be the same, but they have different purposes. Only -features may be used to change behavior, while tunes are used to +TUNE_FEATURES_tune-<tune> - Specify the features used to describe a +specific tune. This is a list of features that a tune support, each +feature must be in the TUNEVALID list. Note: the tune and a given +feature name may be the same, but they have different purposes. Only +features may be used to change behavior, while tunes are used to describe an overall set of features. -ABIEXTENSION - An ABI extension may be specified by a specific feature -or other tuning setting, such as TARGET_FPU. Any ABI extensions either -need to be defined in the architectures base arch file, i.e. -ABIEXTENSION = "eabi" in the arm case, or appended to in specific tune +ABIEXTENSION - An ABI extension may be specified by a specific feature +or other tuning setting, such as TARGET_FPU. Any ABI extensions either +need to be defined in the architectures base arch file, i.e. +ABIEXTENSION = "eabi" in the arm case, or appended to in specific tune files with a ".=". Spaces are not allowed in this variable. -TUNE_CCARGS - Setup the cflags based on the TUNE_FEATURES settings. -These should be additive when defined using "+=". All items in this -list should be dynamic! i.e. +TUNE_CCARGS - Setup the cflags based on the TUNE_FEATURES settings. +These should be additive when defined using "+=". All items in this +list should be dynamic! i.e. ${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "feature", "cflag", "!cflag", d)} -TUNE_ARCH - The GNU canonical arch for a specific architecture. i.e. -arm, armeb, mips, mips64, etc. This value is by bitbake to setup -configure. TUNE_ARCH definitions are specific to a given architecture. -They may be a single static definitions, or may be dynamically adjusted. +TUNE_ARCH - The GNU canonical arch for a specific architecture. i.e. +arm, armeb, mips, mips64, etc. This value is by bitbake to setup +configure. TUNE_ARCH definitions are specific to a given architecture. +They may be a single static definitions, or may be dynamically adjusted. See each architectures README for details for that CPU family. -TUNE_PKGARCH - The package architecture used by the packaging systems to -define the architecture, abi and tuning of a particular package. -Similarly to TUNE_ARCH, the definition of TUNE_PKGARCH is specific to -each architecture. See each architectures README for details for that +TUNE_PKGARCH - The package architecture used by the packaging systems to +define the architecture, abi and tuning of a particular package. +Similarly to TUNE_ARCH, the definition of TUNE_PKGARCH is specific to +each architecture. See each architectures README for details for that CPU family. -PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS - Lists all runtime compatible package -architectures. By default this is equal to -PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-<tune>. If an architecture deviates from the +PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS - Lists all runtime compatible package +architectures. By default this is equal to +PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-<tune>. If an architecture deviates from the default it will be listed in the architecture README. -PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-<tune> - List all of the package architectures -that are compatible with this specific tune. The package arch of this +PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-<tune> - List all of the package architectures +that are compatible with this specific tune. The package arch of this tune must be in the list. -TARGET_FPU - The FPU setting for a given tune, hard (generate floating -point instructions), soft (generate internal gcc calls), "other" -architecture specific floating point. This is synchronized with the -compiler and other toolchain items. This should be dynamically +TARGET_FPU - The FPU setting for a given tune, hard (generate floating +point instructions), soft (generate internal gcc calls), "other" +architecture specific floating point. This is synchronized with the +compiler and other toolchain items. This should be dynamically configured in the same way that TUNE_CCARGS is. -BASE_LIB_tune-<tune> - The "/lib" location for a specific ABI. This is -used in a multilib configuration to place the libraries in the correct, +BASE_LIB_tune-<tune> - The "/lib" location for a specific ABI. This is +used in a multilib configuration to place the libraries in the correct, non-conflicting locations. |