On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 7:13 PM Donal Morrissey <donal.morris...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi There, > I have a problem with an image being created by wic. If I add more than 4 > partition definitions to the wks file, the generated image will include an > additional partition with no Fstype, and spanning the full length of the > additional partitions. > > Take the following wks file: > > part --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=<long path>/image-r0/uboot.env" > --ondisk "mmcblk0" --align 4096 --no-table > part --source bootimg-partition --ondisk "mmcblk0" --fstype=vfat --label boot > --align 4096 --active --fixed-size 40 > part --source rootfs --ondisk "mmcblk0" --fstype=ext4 --label primary --align > 4096 --fixed-size 147456k --exclude-path data/ > part --source rootfs --ondisk "mmcblk0" --fstype=ext4 --label secondary > --align 4096 --fixed-size 147456k --exclude-path data/ > part --ondisk "mmcblk0" --fstype=ext4 --label appdata1 --align 4096 > --fixed-size 147456k > part --ondisk "mmcblk0" --fstype=ext4 --label appdata2 --align 4096 > --fixed-size 147456k > bootloader --ptable msdos > > wic will create a .direct file with the following structure: > Num Start End Size Fstype > 1 12582912 54525951 41943040 fat16 > 2 54525952 205520895 150994944 ext4 > 3 205520896 356515839 150994944 ext4 > 4 360709632 666894335 306184704 > 5 360710144 511705087 150994944 ext4 > 6 515899392 666894335 150994944 ext4 > > Note the start and end addresses of partition 4, it spans from the start of > partitions 5 (appdata1) to the end of partition 6 (appdata2). > > If I modify the wks file and remove the entry for appdata2, the created > direct file is valid: > > Num Start End Size Fstype > 1 12582912 54525951 41943040 fat16 > 2 54525952 205520895 150994944 ext4 > 3 205520896 356515839 150994944 ext4 > 4 356515840 507510783 150994944 ext4 > > Any suggestions on what is going on here? >
I've not checked, but I'd assume it's switched to extended partitions, since MBR only has 4 primary partitions. -- Alex Kiernan -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
