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From: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>
To: Koen Kooi <koen@dominion.thruhere.net>
Cc: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer
	<openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] psplash fixes
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:57 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3289178.cJ7bor4PPM@helios> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <756581D3-FAA6-48FC-9ECE-0B7CC1262A5D@dominion.thruhere.net>

On Monday 19 December 2011 19:48:48 Koen Kooi wrote:
> I will say again: I absolutely HATE that virtual-runtime nonsense. If you
> need to change a task, change the task, don't introduce things that make it
> non deterministic. Guess what happens when you change a virtual-runtime
> *after* you have built the task already.

This is the problem I'm trying to avoid. Perhaps it wasn't clear, but what I 
meant was change things so we do not bring in psplash via a task anymore - 
instead use the value of VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_splash within core-image.bbclass, 
controlled via an IMAGE_FEATURE.

> > Would update-alternatives be needed at all in
> > that case?
> 
> It would if you want to change it after booting :)

What's the use case for changing the splash image after booting?

Cheers,
Paul

-- 

Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre



  reply	other threads:[~2011-12-19 19:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-19 17:43 [PATCH 0/2] psplash fixes Paul Eggleton
2011-12-19 17:43 ` [PATCH 1/2] psplash: use OpenEmbedded logo Paul Eggleton
2011-12-20  9:55   ` Paul Menzel
2011-12-19 17:43 ` [PATCH 2/2] scripts/contrib: add a script to create a psplash image header Paul Eggleton
2011-12-19 17:50 ` [PATCH 0/2] psplash fixes Koen Kooi
2011-12-19 18:22   ` Paul Eggleton
2011-12-19 18:27     ` Koen Kooi
2011-12-19 18:32       ` Paul Eggleton
2011-12-19 18:48         ` Koen Kooi
2011-12-19 18:57           ` Paul Eggleton [this message]
2011-12-19 19:02             ` Koen Kooi
2011-12-19 19:12               ` Paul Eggleton
2011-12-21 15:16                 ` Paul Eggleton
2011-12-20 15:31             ` Philip Balister
2011-12-21 15:15               ` Paul Eggleton
2011-12-23  0:00                 ` Philip Balister
2011-12-20  7:33           ` Martin Jansa
2011-12-21 15:40           ` Richard Purdie

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