From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QjIIX-0002Bx-97 for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:57:49 +0200 Received: from orsmga001.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.18]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 19 Jul 2011 14:53:42 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.67,230,1309762800"; d="scan'208";a="29571257" Received: from unknown (HELO [10.255.13.254]) ([10.255.13.254]) by orsmga001.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 19 Jul 2011 14:53:42 -0700 Message-ID: <4E25FCE5.90507@linux.intel.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:53:41 -0700 From: Saul Wold User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110428 Fedora/3.1.10-1.fc13 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sean_Hudson@Dell.com References: <4E25AFA8.9060300@linux.intel.com> <29DBC3569520F84F926B5007AB6045A9418707D8@AUSX7MCPS303.AMER.DELL.COM> In-Reply-To: <29DBC3569520F84F926B5007AB6045A9418707D8@AUSX7MCPS303.AMER.DELL.COM> Cc: poky@yoctoproject.org, openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [poky] [RFC] Removing directdisk image creation X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:57:49 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 07/19/2011 10:38 AM, Sean_Hudson@Dell.com wrote: > Saul, > > I apologize for my ignorance, but I'm not familiar with the "directdisk" images. > > What are they and what is involved with removing them? > Directdisk images are images that can be directly dd'ed to a raw harddrive and booted from. They are different from "live" image which can be booted from usbstick. currently the -directdisk images are broken in that they use a fixed partition table in a file and you end up with bad partition sizes. To remove them, we just delete some recipes and infrastructre for them, look for anything ending with -directdisk in the reciple or class name. Sau! > Regards, > Sean > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: poky-bounces@yoctoproject.org [mailto:poky- >> bounces@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Saul Wold >> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 11:24 AM >> To: 'Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer'; >> poky@yoctoproject.org >> Subject: [poky] [RFC] Removing directdisk image creation >> >> >> Folks, >> >> I am working on converting the live image creation into an IMAGE_FSTYPE >> and wanted to see if anyone was still using the directdisk images? >> >> I propose removing the directdisk images. >> >> I am cross-posting to get ensure a larger audience for this. >> >> Thanks >> -- >> Sau! >> >> Saul Wold >> Yocto Component Wrangler @ Intel >> Yocto Project / Poky Build System >> >> _______________________________________________ >> poky mailing list >> poky@yoctoproject.org >> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/poky >