Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-09 Thread Dave Pigott
Likewise, I've found it useful when we can operate as a tag team both connected to a board, and discussing things over IRC. Dave Pigott Validation Engineer T: +44 1223 45 00 24 | M +44 7940 45 93 44 Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog On 8 Dec

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-08 Thread Paul Larson
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Michael Hudson-Doyle < michael.hud...@canonical.com> wrote: > On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 11:44:05 -0600, Paul Larson > wrote: > > Sure, we could provide a command line tool for looking up those things > in > > the lava database, and give admins an easy interface to just s

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-08 Thread Michael Hudson-Doyle
On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:05:51 +0100, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote: > W dniu 08.12.2011 02:22, Michael Hudson-Doyle pisze: > > On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 17:01:25 +0100, Zygmunt > > Krynicki wrote: > >> Hi, sorry for the topic, I wanted to catch your attention. > >> > >> This is a quick brain dump based on my

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-08 Thread Dave Pigott
While that outlines what the end result should be, and details a few commands, it is by no means complete. I shall add the step by step instructions. Dave Dave Pigott Validation Engineer T: +44 1223 45 00 24 | M +44 7940 45 93 44 Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Face

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-08 Thread Fathi Boudra
On 8 December 2011 11:54, Dave Pigott wrote: > Just wanted to add a couple of comments: > > Zygmunt commented earlier that creating master images is hard. I actually > disagree, but that is all about perspective and familiarity. I create master > images on a *very* regular basis and it's pretty ea

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-08 Thread Dave Pigott
Just wanted to add a couple of comments: Zygmunt commented earlier that creating master images is hard. I actually disagree, but that is all about perspective and familiarity. I create master images on a *very* regular basis and it's pretty easy once you know what you're doing, but that's the p

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-08 Thread Spring Zhang
Generally, there are two ways to drive the boards: by serial line or network(NFS maybe plus NBD). If all switching to NFS, I'm sure there will be other problems in daily using. For the MAC address issue, it will occur both on current master/tester image layout and NFS deployment if uboot can't get

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Andy Green
On 12/08/2011 12:29 PM, Somebody in the thread at some point said: On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Andy Green wrote: On 12/08/2011 10:56 AM, Somebody in the thread at some point said: On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote: W dniu 08.12.2011 02:54, Ricardo Salveti pisze

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Ricardo Salveti
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Andy Green wrote: > On 12/08/2011 10:56 AM, Somebody in the thread at some point said: >> >> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Zygmunt Krynicki >>  wrote: >>> >>> W dniu 08.12.2011 02:54, Ricardo Salveti pisze: On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Zygmunt Kryni

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Zygmunt Krynicki
W dniu 08.12.2011 05:16, Andy Green pisze: On 12/08/2011 10:56 AM, Somebody in the thread at some point said: On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote: W dniu 08.12.2011 02:54, Ricardo Salveti pisze: On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote: I don't want to push

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Andy Green
On 12/08/2011 10:56 AM, Somebody in the thread at some point said: On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote: W dniu 08.12.2011 02:54, Ricardo Salveti pisze: On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote: I don't want to push 100% over usb but pushing 99.9 (all exc

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Zygmunt Krynicki
W dniu 08.12.2011 02:22, Michael Hudson-Doyle pisze: On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 17:01:25 +0100, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote: Hi, sorry for the topic, I wanted to catch your attention. This is a quick brain dump based on my own observations/battle with master images last week. 2) Running code via seria

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Ricardo Salveti
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote: > W dniu 08.12.2011 02:54, Ricardo Salveti pisze: >> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Zygmunt Krynicki >>  wrote: >>> I don't want to push 100% over usb but pushing 99.9 (all except to boot >>> loader) works for all boards as far as I know.

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Zygmunt Krynicki
W dniu 08.12.2011 02:23, Michael Hudson-Doyle pisze: On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:36:01 +0100, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote: 2) Putting identity file on the SD card, adding lava extension to manage devices (this will be the place that ultimately holds stuff like dispatcher configs, has actions to do stuff

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Zygmunt Krynicki
W dniu 08.12.2011 02:54, Ricardo Salveti pisze: On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote: W dniu 07.12.2011 18:44, Paul Larson pisze: On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Zygmunt Krynicki mailto:zygmunt.kryni...@linaro.org>> wrote: Hi, sorry for the topic, I wanted to catch

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Tom Gall
On this thought On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Ricardo Salveti wrote: > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Zygmunt Krynicki > wrote: >> W dniu 07.12.2011 18:44, Paul Larson pisze: >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Zygmunt Krynicki >>> mailto:zygmunt.kryni...@linaro.org>> wrote: >>> >>>

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Ricardo Salveti
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote: > W dniu 07.12.2011 18:44, Paul Larson pisze: >> >> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Zygmunt Krynicki >> mailto:zygmunt.kryni...@linaro.org>> wrote: >> >>    Hi, sorry for the topic, I wanted to catch your attention. >> >>    This is a quick

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Michael Hudson-Doyle
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 11:44:05 -0600, Paul Larson wrote: > Sure, we could provide a command line tool for looking up those things in > the lava database, and give admins an easy interface to just say "take me > to the console of this machine", or "hardreset this machine". If we did > that, and also

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Michael Hudson-Doyle
On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:36:01 +0100, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote: > 2) Putting identity file on the SD card, adding lava extension to manage > devices (this will be the place that ultimately holds stuff like > dispatcher configs, has actions to do stuff with a board). This should be part of the sche

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Michael Hudson-Doyle
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 17:01:25 +0100, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote: > Hi, sorry for the topic, I wanted to catch your attention. > > This is a quick brain dump based on my own observations/battle with > master images last week. > > 2) Running code via serial on the master image is a mess. It is very >

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Zygmunt Krynicki
Hi Andy. On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:24 PM, Andy Green wrote: > On 12/08/2011 02:36 AM, Somebody in the thread at some point said: > > Just briefly commenting on the bits I have some experience with... > > >>> 1) Unless we use external USB/ETH adapters then cloning a master image >>> clones the mac

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Andy Green
On 12/08/2011 02:36 AM, Somebody in the thread at some point said: Just briefly commenting on the bits I have some experience with... 1) Unless we use external USB/ETH adapters then cloning a master image clones the mac address as well. This has serious consequences and I'm This doesn't ring t

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Zygmunt Krynicki
W dniu 07.12.2011 18:44, Paul Larson pisze: On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Zygmunt Krynicki mailto:zygmunt.kryni...@linaro.org>> wrote: Hi, sorry for the topic, I wanted to catch your attention. This is a quick brain dump based on my own observations/battle with master images last

Re: Master images are a mess

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Larson
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Zygmunt Krynicki < zygmunt.kryni...@linaro.org> wrote: > Hi, sorry for the topic, I wanted to catch your attention. > > This is a quick brain dump based on my own observations/battle with > master images last week. > > 1) Unless we use external USB/ETH adapters the