1.2.6. Hardware Configuration Options

You can find these files in the BSP Layer at:

     meta-bsp_name/conf/machine/*.conf
                

The machine files bind together all the information contained elsewhere in the BSP into a format that the build system can understand. If the BSP supports multiple machines, multiple machine configuration files can be present. These filenames correspond to the values to which users have set the MACHINE variable.

These files define things such as the kernel package to use (PREFERRED_PROVIDER of virtual/kernel), the hardware drivers to include in different types of images, any special software components that are needed, any bootloader information, and also any special image format requirements.

Each BSP Layer requires at least one machine file. However, you can supply more than one file.

This crownbay.conf file could also include a hardware "tuning" file that is commonly used to define the package architecture and specify optimization flags, which are carefully chosen to give best performance on a given processor.

Tuning files are found in the meta/conf/machine/include directory within the Source Directory. For example, the ia32-base.inc file resides in the meta/conf/machine/include directory.

To use an include file, you simply include them in the machine configuration file. For example, the Crown Bay BSP crownbay.conf contains the following statements:

     require conf/machine/include/intel-core2-32-common.inc
     require conf/machine/include/meta-intel.inc
     require conf/machine/include/meta-intel-emgd.inc