Hello

On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 11:53:12AM +0200, Marcus Folkesson wrote:
> 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.

I have received some feedback on this, but I would appreciate it if more
people could share their thought about it.

I still think this is a feature we should add, even though the way
this (and bootimg-partition) works has some drawbacks in terms of design.

Since the codebase is now shared between image-bootfiles
and bootimg-partition, I imagine that both are redone in a potential
re-design.

Best regards,
Marcus Folkesson