bitbake: implement command to find configuration files for a config variable

Some configuration variables (MACHINE, MACHINE-SDK and DISTRO) set which
confguration files bitbake should use.
The added command , findConfigFiles, enables a UI to query which files are
suitable values for a specified parameter.

Signed-off-by: Joshua Lock <josh@linux.intel.com>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py
index 42b5b06712..e83751a2fa 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py
@@ -232,6 +232,17 @@ class CommandsAsync:
         command.finishAsyncCommand()
     generateTargetsTree.needcache = True
 
+    def findConfigFiles(self, command, params):
+        """
+        Find config files which provide appropriate values
+        for the passed configuration variable. i.e. MACHINE
+        """
+        varname = params[0]
+
+        command.cooker.findConfigFiles(varname)
+        command.finishAsyncCommand()
+    findConfigFiles.needcache = True
+
     def showVersions(self, command, params):
         """
         Show the currently selected versions