[bitbake-devel] [PATCH 1/1] hob2: add elf to hcc supported image types

[Kang Kai]

On 2012年07月18日 21:15, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-07-18 at 11:13 +0800, Kang Kai wrote:
>> On 2012年07月17日 17:52, Richard Purdie wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2012-07-17 at 14:58 +0800, Kang Kai wrote:
>>>> [Yocto #2709]
>>>>
>>>> OE Core Commit c9b01af84b64edba056f959c349895e0698324e6 add elf image
>>>> type. This will cause hob build image failed.
>>>> Add elf to hcc supoorted image types to fix this issue.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Kang Kai<kai.kang at windriver.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    bitbake/lib/bb/ui/crumbs/hobwidget.py |    1 +
>>>>    1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/crumbs/hobwidget.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/crumbs/hobwidget.py
>>>> index dba278c..d10c56b 100644
>>>> --- a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/crumbs/hobwidget.py
>>>> +++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/crumbs/hobwidget.py
>>>> @@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class hcc:
>>>>            "cpio.xz"       : ["cpio.xz"],
>>>>            "vmdk"          : ["vmdk"],
>>>>            "cpio.lzma"     : ["cpio.lzma"],
>>>> +        "elf"           : ["elf"],
>>>>        }
>>>>
>>>>    class HobViewTable (gtk.VBox):
>> Hi Richard,
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>> Why do we have a hardcoded list here and why do new image types cause
>>> builds to fail?
>> After build the image, Hob trys to get list of created images. It needs
>> a map from image type to real image file's extend name, such as "live"
>> -->  "hddimg" and "iso".
>> then search the image output dir to get the list.
>>> We need to rewrite this code so this does not happen and the user at
>>> least gets a sensible error message. Hardcoded lists are bad...
>> For the current, only image type 'live' need this map. So I can remove
>> the list and check the image type is whether 'live' or not.
>> But for the future, if a new image type added and need this kind of map,
>> new check for the single type is needed. I think for this scenario the
>> list is better.

Hi Richard,

> Well, I *hate* the concept that if you add a new image type, the UI has
> to be changed.
>
> Ideally, we need to add something to the metadata that explains this
> mapping to the UI. I want to see the hardcoded list removed from the UI,
> one way or another.
I create *Bug 2795* 
<https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2795> to follow this 
issue, and 2709 is closed suggested by Jessica.

Regards,
Kai
<mailto:jessica.zhang at intel.com>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
>

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