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Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 01:00:47 +0200
From: Ed Bartosh <ed.bartosh@linux.intel.com>
To: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mkefidisk.sh: add deprecation warning to the output
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On Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 02:42:39PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> 
> > On Oct 31, 2016, at 3:46 AM, Ed Bartosh <ed.bartosh@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > 
> > mkefidisk.sh will soon be deprecated in favor of .wic images.
> > 
> > Added deprecation warning to the script to inform users that
> > this script will soon be removed from the codebase.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ed Bartosh <ed.bartosh@linux.intel.com>
> > ---
> > scripts/contrib/mkefidisk.sh | 5 +++++
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/scripts/contrib/mkefidisk.sh b/scripts/contrib/mkefidisk.sh
> > index d8db3c0..a175895 100755
> > --- a/scripts/contrib/mkefidisk.sh
> > +++ b/scripts/contrib/mkefidisk.sh
> > @@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
> > 
> > LANG=C
> > 
> > +echo
> > +echo "WARNING: This script is deprecated and will be removed soon."
> > +echo "Please consider using wic EFI images instead."
> > +echo
> > +
> 
> is .wic image dd’able directly ?
Yes, they are.

> We should also document, the wic steps in wiki pages e.g. http://wiki.minnowboard.org/Yocto_Project
It's already documented in README.hardware: https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/README.hardware

And in Yocto manual:
http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.2/mega-manual/mega-manual.html#building-an-image-for-hardware

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Regards,
Ed