[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/5] package/rpi-firmware: add option to install firmware files in target/boot/

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Fri Nov 29 08:09:24 UTC 2013


Jeremy, All,

On Friday 29 November 2013 09:00:19 Jeremy Rosen wrote:
> If I may chip-in, I really like the logic of the proposed image builder...
> 
> Basically, you build the root filesystem the way it will look when all
> sub-filesystems are mounted, you describe how they are mounted and 
> the system builds the partitions accordingly.

Yes, that's exactly what I feel, too. When the image creation kicks in, the
filesystem(s) content is complete. I see 'genimages' like I look at genext2fs:
simply an image generator.

> I know that what I described is not exactly the logic behind the proposed
> patch, but it is a logic I like a lot because it is very easy to understand
> and explain. it could also allow us to automatically generate some fstab
> lines at some point, which could be nice.

And 'genimages' already does add the filesystems to the fstab. ;-)

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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