From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeremy Rosen Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:00:19 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/5] package/rpi-firmware: add option to install firmware files in target/boot/ In-Reply-To: <20131128205515.GB3337@free.fr> Message-ID: <1108197933.15379580.1385712019266.JavaMail.root@openwide.fr> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net > > > > I don't understand the reasoning here. These files must be at the > > root > > of a specific FAT filesystem, so I fail to see why installing them > > inside the root filesystem is of any help to achieve that. > > > > Yes, I've seen that it's probably related to the proposed logic to > > generate a bundled image in PATCH 5/5, but for the moment, my > > feeling > > is that if that logic requires *all* files to be present in the > > root > > filesystem to be later installed in a separate FAT/boot filesystem, > > then the logic isn't really appropriate, and should be improved, > > no? If I may chip-in, I really like the logic of the proposed image builder... Basically, you build the root filesystem the way it will look when all sub-filesystems are mounted, you describe how they are mounted and the system builds the partitions accordingly. I know that what I described is not exactly the logic behind the proposed patch, but it is a logic I like a lot because it is very easy to understand and explain. it could also allow us to automatically generate some fstab lines at some point, which could be nice.