Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] image-bootfiles: new class

[Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>]

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Hi all,


On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 02:38:51PM +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.
> 
> 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
> 
> v5:
>     - 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          | 41 +++++++++++++
>  meta/lib/oe/bootfiles.py                      | 57 +++++++++++++++++++
>  .../wic/plugins/source/bootimg-partition.py   | 39 +------------
>  3 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 meta/classes/image-bootfiles.bbclass
>  create mode 100644 meta/lib/oe/bootfiles.py
> 
> -- 
> 2.45.1
> 

Any more thoughts about these patches?

Thank you,
Marcus Folkesson

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