[RFC] Removing directdisk image creation

[RFC] Removing directdisk image creation

[Saul Wold]

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

Re: [poky] [RFC] Removing directdisk image creation

[Sean_Hudson]

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?

Regards,
     Sean


> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Saul Wold
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> 
> 
> 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
> 
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Re: [poky] [RFC] Removing directdisk image creation

[Saul Wold]

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
>>
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