Bug 1574

Summary:	add additional dialogs/config for u-boot/kernel
Product:	[Build System, Metadata & Runtime] Hob	Reporter:	Matthew McClintock <msm-oss>
Component:	hob	Assignee:	Belen Barros Pena <belen.barros.pena>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Low	CC:	jessica.zhang, jiajun.xu, msm-oss, poky.bs.watcher, poky.watcher, sgw
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	Future
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	No (bug/feature does not impact docs)
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	1588

Description Matthew McClintock 2011-10-03 11:02:11 UTC

Two things here:

1) Ability to turn off linux kernel and/or u-boot builds when generating images, or possibly *just* build the kernel or u-boot if you have already created an image

2) Ability to trigger menuconfig for linux or something similar for u-boot to do the menuconfig

Comment 1 Belen Barros Pena 2013-02-28 10:26:38 UTC

I am not opposed to bringing in some kernel-related options to GTK Hob. We could add a kernel dialog launched via a 'Kernel' button located in the top tool bar.

However, I think we need to be careful about the options we provide. I know nothing about the kernel configuration stuff, but somehow I suspect it can get fairly complex quite quickly.

I would need to have a chat with Matthew to understand what the additions he proposes entail and how to translate them into a GUI.

Comment 2 Matthew McClintock 2013-02-28 15:08:26 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> I am not opposed to bringing in some kernel-related options to GTK Hob. We
> could add a kernel dialog launched via a 'Kernel' button located in the top
> tool bar.
> 
> However, I think we need to be careful about the options we provide. I know
> nothing about the kernel configuration stuff, but somehow I suspect it can
> get fairly complex quite quickly.
> 
> I would need to have a chat with Matthew to understand what the additions he
> proposes entail and how to translate them into a GUI.

Well launching menuconfig is one option which IS very complex but ultimately what we need to provide. I believe there is a GTK based menuconfig that we could use to match with the look and feel of hob

Also, we could offer to switch to a different defconfig (a predefined set of config options) that is anywhere on the local disk or in the layers.

Comment 3 Belen Barros Pena 2013-03-01 10:56:15 UTC

Once again, I am not sure our existing GTK Hob is the tool to deliver the full feature. Hob was conceived with a limited scope: a simple tool to assist new Yocto Project users in the process of running simple builds (the kind of builds you start with). I think we should consider tackling this as part of the web interface project. 

We, however, could think of a limited set of basic kernel-related options to bring into Hob as part of the 1.5 release.

Comment 4 Belen Barros Pena 2014-05-14 16:29:45 UTC

At this point, work will take place on toaster, not Hob, so marking as won't fix.