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From: Ed Bartosh <ed.bartosh@linux.intel.com>
To: Christopher Larson <clarson@kergoth.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 07:23:24PM -0700, Christopher Larson wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com> 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, that’s the point :) Though I prefer bmaptool w/ IMAGE_FSTYPES +=
> “wic.bmap” personally, don’t have to rely on the file keeping its
> sparseness when scp’ing it around and whatnot.

Recommending bmaptool as a preferred way of flashing is in the plans :)

--
Regards,
Ed