On 18/12/2015 16:05, "yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org on behalf of Mirela Rabulea" <yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org on behalf of mirela.rabu...@freescale.com> wrote:
> > >Hello yocto world >J > > > >This is my first message on any yocto list, I¹m not sure which list to >address, so I choose the ones which seemed the most generic and suited to >my purpose. Please redirect me if a more specific list is better > suited to ask this question. > > > >The problem I see at present is: there is one single button in Hob, ³Run >Image², which is active only for qemu images, and it is triggering the >execution of the ³poky\scripts\runqemu² script. Please scroll down > to the picture at end of this email to see what I¹m talking about. > > > >The question I want to ask is if it would be acceptable to add more >buttons to the ³Image details² dialog (or a new dialog to pop-up when >³Run Image² is clicked), in order to allow the customization of the > simulator to be launched, basically to specify the location & command >line of such custom simulator. Who may advise in this matter? I am >willing to contribute with changes. Hi Mirela, I have asked a few people about this, because Hob is pretty much deprecated at this point (it's being replaced by a web interface called Toaster). They replied they would be willing to merge changes to Hob, as long as they can be sure they won't cause any regressions. I hope this helps. Cheers Belén > > > >The changes I anticipate would be necessary are: > >1. >Changes in the GUI, somewhere in the python scripts from >³poky\bitbake\lib\bb\ui\crumbs\², especially in imagedetailspage.py, >maybe in builder.py > >2. >Be more permissive with the types of images that are allowed to run. >Currently, there are these restrictions related to the name and extension >of the image in ³poky\meta\classes\ image_types.bbclass², these need to >be extended/customized: > >RUNNABLE_IMAGE_TYPES ?= "ext2 ext3" > >RUNNABLE_MACHINE_PATTERNS ?= "qemu" > > > > >BTW, here is how Hob ³Image details² dialog currently looks like, see >attached picture, note that the highlighted ³Run Image² button shows up >only for qemu images. > > >Regards, > >Mirela > > > > -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
