[PATCH v4 0/2] image-bootfiles: new class

Marcus Folkesson
2024-05-30T09:47:05Z

The image-bootfiles class is used to put all files listed in
IMAGE_BOOT_FILES into the root filesystem.

IMAGE_BOOT_FILES is used by the bootimg-partition wic plugin to put the
files into a boot partition.
Be able to list files as "boot files" in e.g. your .conf or image files
instead of install those in every recipe is a good thing.

It is not always desired to have a separate boot partition for boot
files. Sometimes it could be good to have them as a part of the root
filesystem.

For example, if a double copy strategy is used for update the system,
then you probably want to update both the boot files and root filesystem
at the same time as there may be dependencies.

v2:
- Removed the documentation from the patch series (will be submitted later)
- Break out the parts in bootimg-partition that is used by
image-bootfiles to a common library
- Make the destination directory in root filesystem configurable
v3:
- See changelog in patches

v4:
- See changelog in patches

Marcus Folkesson (2):
bootimg-partition: break out code to a common library.
image-bootfiles.bbclass: new class, copy boot files to root filesystem

meta/classes/image-bootfiles.bbclass | 38 +++++++++++++
meta/lib/oe/bootfiles.py | 57 +++++++++++++++++++
.../wic/plugins/source/bootimg-partition.py | 39 +------------
3 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 meta/classes/image-bootfiles.bbclass
create mode 100644 meta/lib/oe/bootfiles.py

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