[OE-core] [PATCH 3/5] self-hosted: Add ext2 utilites and perl-pod for building

Saul Wold sgw at linux.intel.com
Sun Dec 11 00:47:46 UTC 2011


On 12/10/2011 03:24 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Saul Wold,
>
> In message<71f6cb63e711721a1a03cfc1c0f1d054472241fe.1323554268.git.sgw at linux.intel.com>  you wrote:
>> Add self-hosted-host-tools for non-build related tools
> ...
>> +    e2fsprogs \
> ...
>> +    genext2fs \
>
> It's certainly nice to have the ext2 tools then, but would it not also
> make a lot of sense to include mtd-utils (so we can erase flash and
> create UBI volumes / UBIFS file system images) and eventually even
> dosfstools?
>
> Most embedded systems come with NAND these days, and a lot of them use
> UBI/UBIFS...
>
Great point Wolfgang, this is an evolving item, please feel free to 
submit the appropriate patches!

Sau!

> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>




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