Bug 5547

Summary:	Allow formfactor data to be read at build time
Product:	[Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core	Reporter:	Paul Eggleton <bluelightning>
Component:	core	Assignee:	Paul Eggleton <bluelightning>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Low	CC:	meta.mr.watcher, meta.watcher, sgw
Version:	1.6
Target Milestone:	Future
Hardware:	All
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	Don't know

Description Paul Eggleton 2013-11-15 11:45:21 UTC

formfactor is the current method supported in OE-Core for representing 
differences in machine display/input characteristics, however it seems only 
queryable at runtime since its files are not written into the sysroot. If we could change it to stage to the sysroot, the data could be queried at least at packaging time in other recipes that depend on formfactor (for example, where you want to provide a machine-specific package that installs pixmaps of the appropriate size for a display on a particular device without having to install more files than necessary.)

Comment 1 Paul Eggleton 2017-06-13 11:08:14 UTC

I've not seen huge demand for this since I proposed it and I've not had time to implement it. If there is a need for it please let us know and we can reopen.