From patchwork Mon Sep 14 09:07:03 2026 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Robert P. J. Day" X-Patchwork-Id: 98176 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABE03C88E6A for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:09:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc01-g2.16132.1789376957217386934 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2026 02:09:17 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=dqhIwO4r; spf=pass (domain: crashcourse.ca, ip: 199.212.143.9, mailfrom: rpjday@crashcourse.ca) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Unsubscribe-Post:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=NC85Rg6OeLM7+LTr0thFCGbSqaniW0RrPlKZX4KwSqc=; b=dqhIwO4re6yUdGujXqBCJziiCp MP7uzhYKAjsVF44zIBRcdy3Ri3WvRORh6m3kEAxqDgqwMBtBMTu5gbFNumGfOA4qyCvwyTPXUtU5m GYwmPEQdzqmDk0bJy0dO41YSiTblTt/JWMcJlY8E/yQksLeowyjQW7QWvyDc6xFN+98QNC2xvBiVr CwVobCz+alGCpO6zQnok6cY8j4IYBu1PSUt8UHY4pi8luJv1zbrES2+JXhlPfMufpyYBtVQPDUb4w POjIu+mFFWBtUuVoUQMtHqGK0qBoqoLZKL0Kh417Z3rXoMKZWCRG5Lq3LJKoraSI4xmH72oZVJ89F 3OlJxkAg==; Received: from pool-174-114-114-5.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.114.114.5]:49718 helo=sheena) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.100) (envelope-from ) id 1x62gY-0000000AY4m-48B1 for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:09:16 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:07:03 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: [PATCH] dev-manual: update recommendations for build system Message-ID: <2f13d128-1344-e8b2-9e75-9867224522e4@crashcourse.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel10.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: cpanel10.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel10.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:09:18 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/10488 Drop the reference to "Xeon" and hard-coded RAM and disk space recommendations and get those values from poky.yaml.in. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/start.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/start.rst index 3b8e2334a..7def242e2 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/start.rst +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/start.rst @@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ particular working environment and set of practices. #. *Gather the Hardware:* Based on the size and make-up of the team, get the hardware together. Ideally, any development, build, or test engineer uses a system that runs a supported Linux distribution. - These systems, in general, should be high performance (e.g. dual, - six-core Xeons with 24 Gbytes of RAM and plenty of disk space). You - can help ensure efficiency by having any machines used for testing + These systems, in general, should be high performance (e.g. a minimum + of &MIN_RAM; Gbytes of RAM and at least &MIN_DISK_SPACE; Gbytes of disk space.) + You can help ensure efficiency by having any machines used for testing or that run Autobuilders be as high performance as possible. .. note::