Op 30 aug. 2011, om 18:46 heeft Jason Kridner het volgende geschreven: > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Joel A Fernandes <agnel.j...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Jason Kridner <jkrid...@beagleboard.org> >> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> This script is BSP specific and shouldn't live in the OE-core layer. >>>>> >>>>> The only issue is this script is used from within the IMAGE_CMD_sdimg >>>>> code which lives in OE-core (meta/classes/image_types. >>>> >>>> classes shouldn't be calling external scripts >>>> >>> >>> Is the right approach to add parameters to the IMAGE_CMD_sdimg class >>> such that it can be used generically to produce SD card images, >>> instead of trying to move this to meta-ti? Should it perhaps be a bit >>> closer to what is being done by the Linaro image tools [1]? >>> >>> [1] https://wiki.linaro.org/Source/ImageBuilding >>> >> >> Don't the Linaro scripts need to run on the target? > > No. > >> Does it fit well >> with OE(-core) ? > > I don't know, but I hoped that others would comment to help figure it > out. I think it is a common challenge not just for ARM architectures. > I'm not sure if the approach is general enough or not, but it does go > beyond the BeagleBoard. > > My primary concerns about leaving it in the BSP are: > 1) that there is some room for non-BeagleBoard specific optimizations > to the card layout and > 2) there may be improvements to the tools that make it easier to > create images for systems with different boot requirements. > > Also, I think we might want to move to an ext3 partition only in the > future or other such layout optimizations. I'd like that to be > something that can be parameterized by the BSP.
I think you're missing the point: The *script* needs to go into the BSP, you are free to extend the bbclasses with code to deal with sd cards internally in OE-core. > >> >> I took lot of pain to write it for OE and its almost done, so suggest >> we use my method atleast for a few days ;-) >> >> Thanks >> Joel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openembedded-core mailing list >> Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org >> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core >> > > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-core mailing list > Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
