From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [84.21.108.25] (helo=ns.penguin.cz) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1L6WWt-0000Bd-G1 for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:35:03 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns.penguin.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AB8B1405334; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:28:37 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at ns.penguin.cz Received: from ns.penguin.cz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ns.penguin.cz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qbpgXvNhRSjV; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:28:36 +0100 (CET) Received: from zaurus (7-165-207-85.strcechy.adsl-llu.static.bluetone.cz [85.207.165.7]) by ns.penguin.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id B79CD1405326; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:28:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:32:01 +0100 From: Stanislav Brabec To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Message-ID: <20081129213201.21d91e2d@zaurus> In-Reply-To: <1227919728-4878-1-git-send-email-dbaryshkov@gmail.com> References: <1227919728-4878-1-git-send-email-dbaryshkov@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.6.1 (GTK+ 2.14.2; arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi) Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: dbaryshkov@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] zaurus-updater: add support for home partition reflashing X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:35:03 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dne Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:48:48 +0300 Dmitry Baryshkov napsal(a): > Sometimes one needs to clean/reflash the home partition. > Add support for flashing home.bin/HOME.BIN files onto "home" mtd > device. Somebody may found it useful (e. g. for initial setup). Note that on models with HDD it will not do what is expected. It will format 2nd NAND partition, but /home is on /dev/hda2. When you are discussing updater, I would like to discuss few additional changes: 1. Decrease number of reserved sectors while formatting the HDD. 5% is far too much of space unusable for packages installation. I have 5% free, but unable to run applications using /tmp. I propose 0% (or only a few blocks). 2. Support for langpacks. OE does not create langpack yet, but it would be nice to be able to flash localized system. 3. I am using post-flash customization using a combination of additional files and patches. It would be nice to have something like that directly as an updater feature. -- Stanislav Brabec http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/zaurus