From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga04.intel.com (mga04.intel.com [192.55.52.120]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 292FB605BA for ; Mon, 2 May 2016 08:02:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29]) by fmsmga104.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 02 May 2016 01:02:51 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.24,566,1455004800"; d="scan'208";a="695437722" Received: from linux.intel.com ([10.23.219.25]) by FMSMGA003.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 02 May 2016 01:02:52 -0700 Received: from linux.intel.com (vmed.fi.intel.com [10.237.72.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by linux.intel.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A4C06A4007; Mon, 2 May 2016 01:50:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 08:43:00 +0300 From: Ed Bartosh To: Alexander Kanevskiy Message-ID: <20160502054300.GA6563@linux.intel.com> Reply-To: ed.bartosh@linux.intel.com References: <9947705.d0hNahSzfP@peggleto-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Paul Eggleton , Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] bmap-tools: initial commit, version 3.2 X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 May 2016 08:02:53 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:38:38AM +0300, Alexander Kanevskiy wrote: > On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 7:55 AM, Paul Eggleton < > paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 01:07:56 Alexander Kanevskiy wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Ed Bartosh > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > Bmap-tools - tools to generate block map (AKA bmap) and flash images > > > > using bmap. Bmaptool is a generic tool for creating the block map > > > > (bmap) for a file and copying files using the block map. > > > > > > > > The idea is that large file containing unused blocks, like raw system > > > > image files, can be copied or flashed a lot faster with bmaptool than > > > > with traditional tools like "dd" or "cp". > > > > > > > > [YOCTO #9414] > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Ed Bartosh > > > > > > better to use recipe that would create in deploy/tools standalone version > > > of the tool. > > > Otherwise, there is no easy way for user to utilize generated bmap files. > > > > You both probably have had notification already, but just to close the > > loop I > > found the issue with the do_deploy version, see the comments on bug 9414: > > > > https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9414 > > > > > Thank you Paul for your help! Your fix mentioned in the bug for do_depoly > is indeed the best solution. > OK. I'll add this functionality back in a separate patch. -- Regards, Ed