Re: [PATCH] bitbake.conf: introducing new image fstype .cpio.gz.u-boot

[Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@ge.com>]

Steffen Sledz wrote:
> * initrd images need to be prepared with mkimage to be usable from u-boot
>
> Signed-off-by: Steffen Sledz <sledz@dresearch.de>
>   

Works for me on a PowerPC board:

Acked-by: Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@gefanuc.com>


> ---
>  classes/image.bbclass |    1 +
>  conf/bitbake.conf     |    2 ++
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/classes/image.bbclass b/classes/image.bbclass
> index 9dce609..8e202f0 100644
> --- a/classes/image.bbclass
> +++ b/classes/image.bbclass
> @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
>  inherit rootfs_${IMAGE_PKGTYPE}
> +inherit kernel-arch
>  
>  LICENSE = "MIT"
>  PACKAGES = ""
> diff --git a/conf/bitbake.conf b/conf/bitbake.conf
> index 3a68959..c020efe 100644
> --- a/conf/bitbake.conf
> +++ b/conf/bitbake.conf
> @@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ IMAGE_CMD_tar.gz = "cd ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} && tar -zcvf ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_
>  IMAGE_CMD_tar.bz2 = "cd ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} && tar -jcvf ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.tar.bz2 ."
>  IMAGE_CMD_cpio = "cd ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} && (find . | cpio -o -H newc >${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.cpio) ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD}"
>  IMAGE_CMD_cpio.gz = "cd ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} && (find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip -c -9 >${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.cpio.gz) ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD}"
> +IMAGE_CMD_cpio.gz.u-boot = "cd ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} && (find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip -c -9 >${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.cpio.gz) ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD}; mkimage -A ${UBOOT_ARCH} -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -n ${IMAGE_NAME} -d ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.cpio.gz ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.cpio.gz.u-boot"
>  IMAGE_CMD_cpio.lzma = "cd ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} && (find . | cpio -o -H newc | lzma -c -9 >${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.cpio.lzma) ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD}"
>  IMAGE_CMD_ubi = "echo \[ubifs\] > ubinize.cfg ; echo mode=ubi >> ubinize.cfg ; echo image=${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ubifs >> ubinize.cfg ; echo vol_id=0 >> ubinize.cfg ; echo vol_type=dynamic >> ubinize.cfg ; echo vol_name=${UBI_VOLNAME} >> ubinize.cfg ; echo vol_flags=autoresize >> ubinize.cfg;mkfs.ubifs -r ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} -o ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ubifs ${MKUBIFS_ARGS} && ubinize -o ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ubi ${UBINIZE_ARGS} ubinize.cfg"
>  IMAGE_CMD_ubifs = "mkfs.ubifs -r ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} -o ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.ubifs.img ${MKUBIFS_ARGS}"
> @@ -397,6 +398,7 @@ IMAGE_DEPENDS_ext2 = "genext2fs-native"
>  IMAGE_DEPENDS_ext2.gz = "genext2fs-native"
>  IMAGE_DEPENDS_ext3 = "genext2fs-native e2fsprogs-native"
>  IMAGE_DEPENDS_ext3.gz = "genext2fs-native e2fsprogs-native"
> +IMAGE_DEPENDS_cpio.gz.u-boot = "u-boot-mkimage-native"
>  IMAGE_DEPENDS_cpio.lzma = "lzma-native"
>  IMAGE_DEPENDS_squashfs = "squashfs-tools-native"
>  IMAGE_DEPENDS_squashfs-lzma = "squashfs-tools-native"
>   


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