Add mulitple extra cache fields request support

index d083c51..09691d9 100644
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 import os
 import logging
-from collections import defaultdict, namedtuple
+from collections import defaultdict
 import bb.data
 import bb.utils
 

@@ -45,46 +45,11 @@ except ImportError:
 
 __cache_version__ = "138"
 
-recipe_fields = (
-    'pn',
-    'pv',
-    'pr',
-    'pe',
-    'defaultpref',
-    'depends',
-    'provides',
-    'task_deps',
-    'stamp',
-    'stamp_extrainfo',
-    'broken',
-    'not_world',
-    'skipped',
-    'timestamp',
-    'packages',
-    'packages_dynamic',
-    'rdepends',
-    'rdepends_pkg',
-    'rprovides',
-    'rprovides_pkg',
-    'rrecommends',
-    'rrecommends_pkg',
-    'nocache',
-    'variants',
-    'file_depends',
-    'tasks',
-    'basetaskhashes',
-    'hashfilename',
-    'inherits',
-    'summary',
-    'license',
-    'section',
-    'fakerootenv',
-    'fakerootdirs'
-)
-
-
-class RecipeInfo(namedtuple('RecipeInfo', recipe_fields)):
-    __slots__ = ()
+
+# RecipeInfoCommon defines common data retrieving methods
+# from meta data for caches. CoreRecipeInfo as well as other
+# Extra RecipeInfo needs to inherit this class
+class RecipeInfoCommon(object):
 
     @classmethod
     def listvar(cls, var, metadata):

@@ -117,69 +82,162 @@ class RecipeInfo(namedtuple('RecipeInfo', recipe_fields)):
     def getvar(cls, var, metadata):
         return metadata.getVar(var, True) or ''
 
-    @classmethod
-    def make_optional(cls, default=None, **kwargs):
-        """Construct the namedtuple from the specified keyword arguments,
-        with every value considered optional, using the default value if
-        it was not specified."""
-        for field in cls._fields:
-            kwargs[field] = kwargs.get(field, default)
-        return cls(**kwargs)
+
+class CoreRecipeInfo(RecipeInfoCommon):
+    __slots__ = ()
+
+    def __init__(self, filename, metadata):
+        self.name = "base"
+        # please override this member with the correct data cache file
+        # such as (bb_cache.dat, bb_extracache_hob.dat) 
+        self.cachefile = "bb_cache.dat"        
+
+        self.file_depends = metadata.getVar('__depends', False)
+        self.timestamp = bb.parse.cached_mtime(filename)
+        self.variants = self.listvar('__VARIANTS', metadata) + ['']
+        self.nocache = self.getvar('__BB_DONT_CACHE', metadata)
+
+        if self.getvar('__SKIPPED', metadata):
+            self.skipped = True
+            return
+
+        self.tasks = metadata.getVar('__BBTASKS', False)
+
+        self.pn = self.getvar('PN', metadata)
+        self.packages = self.listvar('PACKAGES', metadata)
+        if not self.pn in self.packages:
+            self.packages.append(self.pn)
+
+        self.basetaskhashes = self.taskvar('BB_BASEHASH', self.tasks, metadata)
+        self.hashfilename = self.getvar('BB_HASHFILENAME', metadata)
+
+        self.file_depends = metadata.getVar('__depends', False)
+        self.task_deps = metadata.getVar('_task_deps', False) or {'tasks': [], 'parents': {}}
+
+        self.skipped = False
+        self.pe = self.getvar('PE', metadata)
+        self.pv = self.getvar('PV', metadata)
+        self.pr = self.getvar('PR', metadata)
+        self.defaultpref = self.intvar('DEFAULT_PREFERENCE', metadata)
+        self.broken = self.getvar('BROKEN', metadata)
+        self.not_world = self.getvar('EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD', metadata)
+        self.stamp = self.getvar('STAMP', metadata)
+        self.stamp_extrainfo = self.flaglist('stamp-extra-info', self.tasks, metadata)
+        self.packages_dynamic = self.listvar('PACKAGES_DYNAMIC', metadata)
+        self.depends          = self.depvar('DEPENDS', metadata)
+        self.provides         = self.depvar('PROVIDES', metadata)
+        self.rdepends         = self.depvar('RDEPENDS', metadata)
+        self.rprovides        = self.depvar('RPROVIDES', metadata)
+        self.rrecommends      = self.depvar('RRECOMMENDS', metadata)
+        self.rprovides_pkg    = self.pkgvar('RPROVIDES', self.packages, metadata)
+        self.rdepends_pkg     = self.pkgvar('RDEPENDS', self.packages, metadata)
+        self.rrecommends_pkg  = self.pkgvar('RRECOMMENDS', self.packages, metadata)
+        self.inherits         = self.getvar('__inherit_cache', metadata)
+        self.summary          = self.getvar('SUMMARY', metadata)
+        self.license          = self.getvar('LICENSE', metadata)
+        self.section          = self.getvar('SECTION', metadata)
+        self.fakerootenv      = self.getvar('FAKEROOTENV', metadata)
+        self.fakerootdirs     = self.getvar('FAKEROOTDIRS', metadata)
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_metadata(cls, filename, metadata):
-        if cls.getvar('__SKIPPED', metadata):
-            return cls.make_optional(skipped=True,
-                                     file_depends=metadata.getVar('__depends', False),
-                                     timestamp=bb.parse.cached_mtime(filename),
-                                     variants=cls.listvar('__VARIANTS', metadata) + [''])
-
-        tasks = metadata.getVar('__BBTASKS', False)
-
-        pn = cls.getvar('PN', metadata)
-        packages = cls.listvar('PACKAGES', metadata)
-        if not pn in packages:
-            packages.append(pn)
-
-        return RecipeInfo(
-            tasks            = tasks,
-            basetaskhashes   = cls.taskvar('BB_BASEHASH', tasks, metadata),
-            hashfilename     = cls.getvar('BB_HASHFILENAME', metadata),
-
-            file_depends     = metadata.getVar('__depends', False),
-            task_deps        = metadata.getVar('_task_deps', False) or
-                               {'tasks': [], 'parents': {}},
-            variants         = cls.listvar('__VARIANTS', metadata) + [''],
-
-            skipped          = False,
-            timestamp        = bb.parse.cached_mtime(filename),
-            packages         = cls.listvar('PACKAGES', metadata),
-            pn               = pn,
-            pe               = cls.getvar('PE', metadata),
-            pv               = cls.getvar('PV', metadata),
-            pr               = cls.getvar('PR', metadata),
-            nocache          = cls.getvar('__BB_DONT_CACHE', metadata),
-            defaultpref      = cls.intvar('DEFAULT_PREFERENCE', metadata),
-            broken           = cls.getvar('BROKEN', metadata),
-            not_world        = cls.getvar('EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD', metadata),
-            stamp            = cls.getvar('STAMP', metadata),
-            stamp_extrainfo  = cls.flaglist('stamp-extra-info', tasks, metadata),
-            packages_dynamic = cls.listvar('PACKAGES_DYNAMIC', metadata),
-            depends          = cls.depvar('DEPENDS', metadata),
-            provides         = cls.depvar('PROVIDES', metadata),
-            rdepends         = cls.depvar('RDEPENDS', metadata),
-            rprovides        = cls.depvar('RPROVIDES', metadata),
-            rrecommends      = cls.depvar('RRECOMMENDS', metadata),
-            rprovides_pkg    = cls.pkgvar('RPROVIDES', packages, metadata),
-            rdepends_pkg     = cls.pkgvar('RDEPENDS', packages, metadata),
-            rrecommends_pkg  = cls.pkgvar('RRECOMMENDS', packages, metadata),
-            inherits         = cls.getvar('__inherit_cache', metadata),
-            summary          = cls.getvar('SUMMARY', metadata),
-            license          = cls.getvar('LICENSE', metadata),
-            section          = cls.getvar('SECTION', metadata),
-            fakerootenv      = cls.getvar('FAKEROOTENV', metadata),
-            fakerootdirs     = cls.getvar('FAKEROOTDIRS', metadata),
-        )
+    def init_cacheData(cls, cachedata):
+        # CacheData in Core RecipeInfo Class
+        cachedata.task_deps = {}
+        cachedata.pkg_fn = {}
+        cachedata.pkg_pn = defaultdict(list)
+        cachedata.pkg_pepvpr = {}
+        cachedata.pkg_dp = {}
+
+        cachedata.stamp = {}
+        cachedata.stamp_extrainfo = {}
+        cachedata.fn_provides = {}
+        cachedata.pn_provides = defaultdict(list)
+        cachedata.all_depends = []
+
+        cachedata.deps = defaultdict(list)
+        cachedata.packages = defaultdict(list)
+        cachedata.providers = defaultdict(list)
+        cachedata.rproviders = defaultdict(list)
+        cachedata.packages_dynamic = defaultdict(list)
+
+        cachedata.rundeps = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(list))
+        cachedata.runrecs = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(list))
+        cachedata.possible_world = []
+        cachedata.universe_target = []
+        cachedata.hashfn = {}
+
+        cachedata.basetaskhash = {}
+        cachedata.inherits = {}
+        cachedata.summary = {}
+        cachedata.license = {}
+        cachedata.section = {}
+        cachedata.fakerootenv = {}
+        cachedata.fakerootdirs = {}
+
+    def add_cacheData(self, cachedata, fn):
+        cachedata.task_deps[fn] = self.task_deps
+        cachedata.pkg_fn[fn] = self.pn
+        cachedata.pkg_pn[self].append(fn)
+        cachedata.pkg_pepvpr[fn] = (self.pe, self.pv, self.pr)
+        cachedata.pkg_dp[fn] = self.defaultpref
+        cachedata.stamp[fn] = self.stamp
+        cachedata.stamp_extrainfo[fn] = self.stamp_extrainfo
+
+        provides = [self.pn]
+        for provide in self.provides:
+            if provide not in provides:
+                provides.append(provide)
+        cachedata.fn_provides[fn] = provides
+
+        for provide in provides:
+            cachedata.providers[provide].append(fn)
+            if provide not in cachedata.pn_provides[self.pn]:
+                cachedata.pn_provides[self.pn].append(provide)
+
+        for dep in self.depends:
+            if dep not in cachedata.deps[fn]:
+                cachedata.deps[fn].append(dep)
+            if dep not in cachedata.all_depends:
+                cachedata.all_depends.append(dep)
+
+        rprovides = self.rprovides
+        for package in self.packages:
+            cachedata.packages[package].append(fn)
+            rprovides += self.rprovides_pkg[package]
+
+        for rprovide in rprovides:
+            cachedata.rproviders[rprovide].append(fn)
+
+        for package in self.packages_dynamic:
+            cachedata.packages_dynamic[package].append(fn)
+
+        # Build hash of runtime depends and rececommends
+        for package in self.packages + [self.pn]:
+            cachedata.rundeps[fn][package] = list(self.rdepends) + self.rdepends_pkg[package]
+            cachedata.runrecs[fn][package] = list(self.rrecommends) + self.rrecommends_pkg[package]
+
+        # Collect files we may need for possible world-dep
+        # calculations
+        if not self.broken and not self.not_world:
+            cachedata.possible_world.append(fn)
+
+        # create a collection of all targets for sanity checking
+        # tasks, such as upstream versions, license, and tools for
+        # task and image creation.
+        cachedata.universe_target.append(self.pn)
+
+        cachedata.hashfn[fn] = self.hashfilename
+        for task, taskhash in self.basetaskhashes.iteritems():
+            identifier = '%s.%s' % (fn, task)
+            cachedata.basetaskhash[identifier] = taskhash
+
+        cachedata.inherits[fn] = self.inherits
+        cachedata.summary[fn] = self.summary
+        cachedata.license[fn] = self.license
+        cachedata.section[fn] = self.section
+        cachedata.fakerootenv[fn] = self.fakerootenv
+        cachedata.fakerootdirs[fn] = self.fakerootdirs
+
 
 
 class Cache(object):

@@ -314,7 +372,7 @@ class Cache(object):
             depends |= (data.getVar("__depends", False) or set())
             if depends and not variant:
                 data.setVar("__depends", depends)
-            info = RecipeInfo.from_metadata(filename, data)
+            info = CoreRecipeInfo(filename, data)
             infos.append((virtualfn, info))
         return infos
 

@@ -500,7 +558,7 @@ class Cache(object):
         """
 
         realfn = self.virtualfn2realfn(file_name)[0]
-        info = RecipeInfo.from_metadata(realfn, data)
+        info = CoreRecipeInfo(realfn, data)
         self.add_info(file_name, info, cacheData, parsed)
 
     @staticmethod

@@ -566,38 +624,11 @@ class CacheData(object):
     """
 
     def __init__(self):
+        CoreRecipeInfo.init_cacheData(self)        
         # Direct cache variables
-        self.providers = defaultdict(list)
-        self.rproviders = defaultdict(list)
-        self.packages = defaultdict(list)
-        self.packages_dynamic = defaultdict(list)
-        self.possible_world = []
-        self.universe_target = []
-        self.pkg_pn = defaultdict(list)
-        self.pkg_fn = {}
-        self.pkg_pepvpr = {}
-        self.pkg_dp = {}
-        self.pn_provides = defaultdict(list)
-        self.fn_provides = {}
-        self.all_depends = []
-        self.deps = defaultdict(list)
-        self.rundeps = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(list))
-        self.runrecs = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(list))
         self.task_queues = {}
-        self.task_deps = {}
-        self.stamp = {}
-        self.stamp_extrainfo = {}
         self.preferred = {}
         self.tasks = {}
-        self.basetaskhash = {}
-        self.hashfn = {}
-        self.inherits = {}
-        self.summary = {}
-        self.license = {}
-        self.section = {}
-        self.fakerootenv = {}
-        self.fakerootdirs = {}
-
         # Indirect Cache variables (set elsewhere)
         self.ignored_dependencies = []
         self.world_target = set()

@@ -605,65 +636,6 @@ class CacheData(object):
         self.bbfile_config_priorities = []
 
     def add_from_recipeinfo(self, fn, info):
-        self.task_deps[fn] = info.task_deps
-        self.pkg_fn[fn] = info.pn
-        self.pkg_pn[info.pn].append(fn)
-        self.pkg_pepvpr[fn] = (info.pe, info.pv, info.pr)
-        self.pkg_dp[fn] = info.defaultpref
-        self.stamp[fn] = info.stamp
-        self.stamp_extrainfo[fn] = info.stamp_extrainfo
-
-        provides = [info.pn]
-        for provide in info.provides:
-            if provide not in provides:
-                provides.append(provide)
-        self.fn_provides[fn] = provides
-
-        for provide in provides:
-            self.providers[provide].append(fn)
-            if provide not in self.pn_provides[info.pn]:
-                self.pn_provides[info.pn].append(provide)
-
-        for dep in info.depends:
-            if dep not in self.deps[fn]:
-                self.deps[fn].append(dep)
-            if dep not in self.all_depends:
-                self.all_depends.append(dep)
-
-        rprovides = info.rprovides
-        for package in info.packages:
-            self.packages[package].append(fn)
-            rprovides += info.rprovides_pkg[package]
+        info.add_cacheData(self, fn)
 
-        for rprovide in rprovides:
-            self.rproviders[rprovide].append(fn)
-
-        for package in info.packages_dynamic:
-            self.packages_dynamic[package].append(fn)
-
-        # Build hash of runtime depends and rececommends
-        for package in info.packages + [info.pn]:
-            self.rundeps[fn][package] = list(info.rdepends) + info.rdepends_pkg[package]
-            self.runrecs[fn][package] = list(info.rrecommends) + info.rrecommends_pkg[package]
-
-        # Collect files we may need for possible world-dep
-        # calculations
-        if not info.broken and not info.not_world:
-            self.possible_world.append(fn)
-
-        # create a collection of all targets for sanity checking
-        # tasks, such as upstream versions, license, and tools for
-        # task and image creation.
-        self.universe_target.append(info.pn)
-
-        self.hashfn[fn] = info.hashfilename
-        for task, taskhash in info.basetaskhashes.iteritems():
-            identifier = '%s.%s' % (fn, task)
-            self.basetaskhash[identifier] = taskhash
-
-        self.inherits[fn] = info.inherits
-        self.summary[fn] = info.summary
-        self.license[fn] = info.license
-        self.section[fn] = info.section
-        self.fakerootenv[fn] = info.fakerootenv
-        self.fakerootdirs[fn] = info.fakerootdirs
+        

new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a402d5
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
+# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+#
+# Extra RecipeInfo will be all defined in this file. Currently,
+# Only Hob (Image Creator) Requests some extra fields. So
+# HobRecipeInfo is defined. It's named HobRecipeInfo because it
+# is introduced by 'hob'. Users could also introduce other
+# RecipeInfo or simply use those already defined RecipeInfo.
+# In the following patch, this newly defined new extra RecipeInfo
+# will be dynamically loaded and used for loading/saving the extra
+# cache fields  
+
+# Copyright (C) 2011        Liping Ke
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+from bb.cache import RecipeInfoCommon
+
+class HobRecipeInfo(RecipeInfoCommon):
+    __slots__ = ()
+
+    classname = "HobRecipeInfo"
+    # please override this member with the correct data cache file
+    # such as (bb_cache.dat, bb_extracache_hob.dat) 
+    cachefile = "bb_extracache_" + classname +".dat"        
+
+    def __init__(self, filename, metadata):
+
+        self.summary = self.getvar('SUMMARY', metadata)
+        self.license = self.getvar('LICENSE', metadata)
+        self.section = self.getvar('SECTION', metadata)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def init_cacheData(cls, cachedata):
+        # CacheData in Hob RecipeInfo Class
+        cachedata.summary = {}
+        cachedata.license = {}
+        cachedata.section = {}
+
+    def add_cacheData(self, cachedata, fn):
+        cachedata.summary[fn] = self.summary
+        cachedata.license[fn] = self.license
+        cachedata.section[fn] = self.section

index 09691d9..0620621 100644
@@ -245,7 +245,11 @@ class Cache(object):
     BitBake Cache implementation
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, data):
+    def __init__(self, data, caches_array):
+        # Pass caches_array information into Cache Constructor
+        # It will be used in later for deciding whether we 
+        # need extra cache file dump/load support 
+        self.caches_array = caches_array
         self.cachedir = bb.data.getVar("CACHE", data, True)
         self.clean = set()
         self.checked = set()

@@ -360,7 +364,7 @@ class Cache(object):
         return bb_data[virtual]
 
     @classmethod
-    def parse(cls, filename, appends, configdata):
+    def parse(cls, filename, appends, configdata, caches_array):
         """Parse the specified filename, returning the recipe information"""
         infos = []
         datastores = cls.load_bbfile(filename, appends, configdata)

@@ -393,7 +397,7 @@ class Cache(object):
                 infos.append((virtualfn, self.depends_cache[virtualfn]))
         else:
             logger.debug(1, "Parsing %s", filename)
-            return self.parse(filename, appends, configdata)
+            return self.parse(filename, appends, configdata, self.caches_array)
 
         return cached, infos
 

@@ -623,8 +627,9 @@ class CacheData(object):
     The data structures we compile from the cached data
     """
 
-    def __init__(self):
-        CoreRecipeInfo.init_cacheData(self)        
+    def __init__(self, caches_array):
+        self.caches_array = caches_array
+        CoreRecipeInfo.init_cacheData(self)
         # Direct cache variables
         self.task_queues = {}
         self.preferred = {}

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index 3319e2d..1dd8d54 100644
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ SRC_URI = ""
 
     def parse( self, params ):
         """(Re-)parse .bb files and calculate the dependency graph"""
-        cooker.status = cache.CacheData()
+        cooker.status = cache.CacheData(cooker.caches_array)
         ignore = data.getVar("ASSUME_PROVIDED", cooker.configuration.data, 1) or ""
         cooker.status.ignored_dependencies = set( ignore.split() )
         cooker.handleCollections( data.getVar("BBFILE_COLLECTIONS", cooker.configuration.data, 1) )

index 0f8fe8c..ab6022b 100644
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import xmlrpclib
 import logging
 import Queue
 
+extraCaches = ['bb.cache_extra:HobRecipeInfo']
+
 class MainWindow (gtk.Window):
             
     def __init__(self, taskmodel, handler, curr_mach=None, curr_distro=None):

index 0620621..271ebd7 100644
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ except ImportError:
 
 __cache_version__ = "138"
 
+def getCacheFile(path, filename):
+    return os.path.join(path, filename)
 
 # RecipeInfoCommon defines common data retrieving methods
 # from meta data for caches. CoreRecipeInfo as well as other

@@ -86,12 +88,9 @@ class RecipeInfoCommon(object):
 class CoreRecipeInfo(RecipeInfoCommon):
     __slots__ = ()
 
-    def __init__(self, filename, metadata):
-        self.name = "base"
-        # please override this member with the correct data cache file
-        # such as (bb_cache.dat, bb_extracache_hob.dat) 
-        self.cachefile = "bb_cache.dat"        
+    cachefile = "bb_cache.dat"   
 
+    def __init__(self, filename, metadata):      
         self.file_depends = metadata.getVar('__depends', False)
         self.timestamp = bb.parse.cached_mtime(filename)
         self.variants = self.listvar('__VARIANTS', metadata) + ['']

@@ -265,7 +264,7 @@ class Cache(object):
             return
 
         self.has_cache = True
-        self.cachefile = os.path.join(self.cachedir, "bb_cache.dat")
+        self.cachefile = getCacheFile(self.cachedir, "bb_cache.dat")
 
         logger.debug(1, "Using cache in '%s'", self.cachedir)
         bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.cachedir)

@@ -279,12 +278,21 @@ class Cache(object):
         old_mtimes.append(newest_mtime)
         newest_mtime = max(old_mtimes)
 
-        if bb.parse.cached_mtime_noerror(self.cachefile) >= newest_mtime:
+        bNeedUpdate = True
+        if self.caches_array:
+            for cache_class in self.caches_array:
+                if type(cache_class) is type and issubclass(cache_class, RecipeInfoCommon):
+                    cachefile = getCacheFile(self.cachedir, cache_class.cachefile)
+                    bNeedUpdate = bNeedUpdate and (bb.parse.cached_mtime_noerror(cachefile) >= newest_mtime)
+                    cache_class.init_cacheData(self)
+        if bNeedUpdate:
             self.load_cachefile()
         elif os.path.isfile(self.cachefile):
             logger.info("Out of date cache found, rebuilding...")
 
     def load_cachefile(self):
+        # Firstly, using core cache file information for
+        # valid checking
         with open(self.cachefile, "rb") as cachefile:
             pickled = pickle.Unpickler(cachefile)
             try:

@@ -301,31 +309,52 @@ class Cache(object):
                 logger.info('Bitbake version mismatch, rebuilding...')
                 return
 
-            cachesize = os.fstat(cachefile.fileno()).st_size
-            bb.event.fire(bb.event.CacheLoadStarted(cachesize), self.data)
 
-            previous_percent = 0
-            while cachefile:
-                try:
-                    key = pickled.load()
-                    value = pickled.load()
-                except Exception:
-                    break
+        cachesize = 0
+        previous_progress = 0
+        previous_percent = 0
 
-                self.depends_cache[key] = value
-
-                # only fire events on even percentage boundaries
-                current_progress = cachefile.tell()
-                current_percent = 100 * current_progress / cachesize
-                if current_percent > previous_percent:
-                    previous_percent = current_percent
-                    bb.event.fire(bb.event.CacheLoadProgress(current_progress),
-                                  self.data)
-
-            bb.event.fire(bb.event.CacheLoadCompleted(cachesize,
-                                                      len(self.depends_cache)),
-                          self.data)
+        # Calculate the correct cachesize of all those cache files
+        for cache_class in self.caches_array:
+            if type(cache_class) is type and issubclass(cache_class, RecipeInfoCommon):
+                cachefile = getCacheFile(self.cachedir, cache_class.cachefile)
+                with open(cachefile, "rb") as cachefile:
+                    cachesize += os.fstat(cachefile.fileno()).st_size
 
+        bb.event.fire(bb.event.CacheLoadStarted(cachesize), self.data)
+        
+        for cache_class in self.caches_array:
+            if type(cache_class) is type and issubclass(cache_class, RecipeInfoCommon):
+                cachefile = getCacheFile(self.cachedir, cache_class.cachefile)
+                with open(cachefile, "rb") as cachefile:
+                    pickled = pickle.Unpickler(cachefile)                    
+                    while cachefile:
+                        try:
+                            key = pickled.load()
+                            value = pickled.load()
+                        except Exception:
+                            break
+                        if self.depends_cache.has_key(key):
+                            self.depends_cache[key].append(value)
+                        else:
+                            self.depends_cache[key] = [value]
+                        # only fire events on even percentage boundaries
+                        current_progress = cachefile.tell() + previous_progress
+                        current_percent = 100 * current_progress / cachesize
+                        if current_percent > previous_percent:
+                            previous_percent = current_percent
+                            bb.event.fire(bb.event.CacheLoadProgress(current_progress),
+                                          self.data)
+
+                    previous_progress += current_progress
+
+        # Note: depends cache number is corresponding to the parsing file numbers.
+        # The same file has several caches, still regarded as one item in the cache
+        bb.event.fire(bb.event.CacheLoadCompleted(cachesize,
+                                                  len(self.depends_cache)),
+                      self.data)
+
+    
     @staticmethod
     def virtualfn2realfn(virtualfn):
         """

@@ -376,8 +405,14 @@ class Cache(object):
             depends |= (data.getVar("__depends", False) or set())
             if depends and not variant:
                 data.setVar("__depends", depends)
-            info = CoreRecipeInfo(filename, data)
-            infos.append((virtualfn, info))
+
+            info_array = []
+            for cache_class in caches_array:
+                if type(cache_class) is type and issubclass(cache_class, RecipeInfoCommon):
+                    info = cache_class(filename, data)
+                    info_array.append(info)
+            infos.append((virtualfn, info_array))
+
         return infos
 
     def load(self, filename, appends, configdata):

@@ -391,8 +426,9 @@ class Cache(object):
         cached = self.cacheValid(filename)
         if cached:
             infos = []
-            info = self.depends_cache[filename]
-            for variant in info.variants:
+            # info_array item is a list of [CoreRecipeInfo, XXXRecipeInfo]
+            info_array = self.depends_cache[filename]
+            for variant in info_array[0].variants:
                 virtualfn = self.realfn2virtual(filename, variant)
                 infos.append((virtualfn, self.depends_cache[virtualfn]))
         else:

@@ -408,12 +444,12 @@ class Cache(object):
         skipped, virtuals = 0, 0
 
         cached, infos = self.load(fn, appends, cfgData)
-        for virtualfn, info in infos:
-            if info.skipped:
+        for virtualfn, info_array in infos:
+            if info_array[0].skipped:
                 logger.debug(1, "Skipping %s", virtualfn)
                 skipped += 1
             else:
-                self.add_info(virtualfn, info, cacheData, not cached)
+                self.add_info(virtualfn, info_array, cacheData, not cached)
                 virtuals += 1
 
         return cached, skipped, virtuals

@@ -457,15 +493,15 @@ class Cache(object):
             self.remove(fn)
             return False
 
-        info = self.depends_cache[fn]
+        info_array = self.depends_cache[fn]
         # Check the file's timestamp
-        if mtime != info.timestamp:
+        if mtime != info_array[0].timestamp:
             logger.debug(2, "Cache: %s changed", fn)
             self.remove(fn)
             return False
 
         # Check dependencies are still valid
-        depends = info.file_depends
+        depends = info_array[0].file_depends
         if depends:
             for f, old_mtime in depends:
                 fmtime = bb.parse.cached_mtime_noerror(f)

@@ -483,7 +519,7 @@ class Cache(object):
                     return False
 
         invalid = False
-        for cls in info.variants:
+        for cls in info_array[0].variants:
             virtualfn = self.realfn2virtual(fn, cls)
             self.clean.add(virtualfn)
             if virtualfn not in self.depends_cache:

@@ -530,13 +566,30 @@ class Cache(object):
             logger.debug(2, "Cache is clean, not saving.")
             return
 
-        with open(self.cachefile, "wb") as cachefile:
-            pickler = pickle.Pickler(cachefile, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
-            pickler.dump(__cache_version__)
-            pickler.dump(bb.__version__)
-            for key, value in self.depends_cache.iteritems():
-                pickler.dump(key)
-                pickler.dump(value)
+        file_dict = {}
+        pickler_dict = {}
+        for cache_class in self.caches_array:
+            if type(cache_class) is type and issubclass(cache_class, RecipeInfoCommon):
+                cache_class_name = cache_class.__name__
+                cachefile = getCacheFile(self.cachedir, cache_class.cachefile)
+                file_dict[cache_class_name] = open(cachefile, "wb")
+                pickler_dict[cache_class_name] =  pickle.Pickler(file_dict[cache_class_name], pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
+                   
+        pickler_dict['CoreRecipeInfo'].dump(__cache_version__)
+        pickler_dict['CoreRecipeInfo'].dump(bb.__version__)
+
+        try:
+            for key, info_array in self.depends_cache.iteritems():
+                for info in info_array:
+                    if isinstance(info, RecipeInfoCommon):
+                        cache_class_name = info.__class__.__name__
+                        pickler_dict[cache_class_name].dump(key)
+                        pickler_dict[cache_class_name].dump(info)
+        finally:
+            for cache_class in self.caches_array:
+                if type(cache_class) is type and issubclass(cache_class, RecipeInfoCommon):
+                    cache_class_name = cache_class.__name__
+                    file_dict[cache_class_name].close()
 
         del self.depends_cache
 

@@ -544,17 +597,17 @@ class Cache(object):
     def mtime(cachefile):
         return bb.parse.cached_mtime_noerror(cachefile)
 
-    def add_info(self, filename, info, cacheData, parsed=None):
-        if not info.skipped:
-            cacheData.add_from_recipeinfo(filename, info)
+    def add_info(self, filename, info_array, cacheData, parsed=None):
+        if isinstance(info_array[0], CoreRecipeInfo) and (not info_array[0].skipped):
+            cacheData.add_from_recipeinfo(filename, info_array)
 
         if not self.has_cache:
             return
 
-        if (info.skipped or 'SRCREVINACTION' not in info.pv) and not info.nocache:
+        if (info_array[0].skipped or 'SRCREVINACTION' not in info_array[0].pv) and not info_array[0].nocache:
             if parsed:
                 self.cacheclean = False
-            self.depends_cache[filename] = info
+            self.depends_cache[filename] = info_array
 
     def add(self, file_name, data, cacheData, parsed=None):
         """

@@ -562,8 +615,12 @@ class Cache(object):
         """
 
         realfn = self.virtualfn2realfn(file_name)[0]
-        info = CoreRecipeInfo(realfn, data)
-        self.add_info(file_name, info, cacheData, parsed)
+
+        info_array = []
+        for cache_class in self.caches_array:
+            if type(cache_class) is type and issubclass(cache_class, RecipeInfoCommon):
+                info_array.append(cache_class(realfn, data))
+        self.add_info(file_name, info_array, cacheData, parsed)
 
     @staticmethod
     def load_bbfile(bbfile, appends, config):

@@ -629,7 +686,10 @@ class CacheData(object):
 
     def __init__(self, caches_array):
         self.caches_array = caches_array
-        CoreRecipeInfo.init_cacheData(self)
+        for cache_class in self.caches_array:
+            if type(cache_class) is type and issubclass(cache_class, RecipeInfoCommon):
+                cache_class.init_cacheData(self)        
+
         # Direct cache variables
         self.task_queues = {}
         self.preferred = {}

@@ -640,7 +700,8 @@ class CacheData(object):
         self.bbfile_priority = {}
         self.bbfile_config_priorities = []
 
-    def add_from_recipeinfo(self, fn, info):
-        info.add_cacheData(self, fn)
+    def add_from_recipeinfo(self, fn, info_array):
+        for info in info_array:
+            info.add_cacheData(self, fn)
 
         

index 0dc895a..b76a4d2 100644
@@ -758,13 +758,13 @@ class BBCooker:
 
         fn = bb.cache.Cache.realfn2virtual(buildfile, cls)
         try:
-            maininfo = infos[fn]
+            info_array = infos[fn]
         except KeyError:
             bb.fatal("%s does not exist" % fn)
-        self.status.add_from_recipeinfo(fn, maininfo)
+        self.status.add_from_recipeinfo(fn, info_array)
 
         # Tweak some variables
-        item = maininfo.pn
+        item = info_array[0].pn
         self.status.ignored_dependencies = set()
         self.status.bbfile_priority[fn] = 1
 

@@ -1207,10 +1207,10 @@ class CookerParser(object):
         else:
             self.cached += 1
 
-        for virtualfn, info in result:
-            if info.skipped:
+        for virtualfn, info_array in result:
+            if info_array[0].skipped:
                 self.skipped += 1
-            self.bb_cache.add_info(virtualfn, info, self.cooker.status,
+            self.bb_cache.add_info(virtualfn, info_array, self.cooker.status,
                                         parsed=parsed)
         return True
 

@@ -1218,5 +1218,5 @@ class CookerParser(object):
         infos = self.bb_cache.parse(filename,
                                     self.cooker.get_file_appends(filename),
                                     self.cfgdata, self.cooker.caches_array)
-        for vfn, info in infos:
-            self.cooker.status.add_from_recipeinfo(vfn, info)
+        for vfn, info_array in infos:
+            self.cooker.status.add_from_recipeinfo(vfn, info_array)