[OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] classes/image_types: add a variable to list available IMAGE_FSTYPE's

[Tom Rini]

On 07/12/2011 05:37 PM, Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 07/12/2011 05:38 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
>> On 07/12/2011 04:24 PM, Joshua Lock wrote:
>>> This is for use in the Hob GUI to enable the user to change the type
>>> of the
>>> generated image.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Joshua Lock<josh at linux.intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>   meta/classes/image_types.bbclass |    2 ++
>>>   1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
>>> b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
>>> index 89a745c..29d7a57 100644
>>> --- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
>>> +++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
>>> @@ -102,3 +102,5 @@ IMAGE_DEPENDS_cpio.xz = "xz-native"
>>>   IMAGE_DEPENDS_ubi = "mtd-utils-native"
>>>   IMAGE_DEPENDS_ubifs = "mtd-utils-native"
>>>
>>> +# This variable is available to request which values are suitable
>>> for IMAGE_FSTYPES
>>> +IMAGE_TYPES = "jffs2 cramfs ext2 ext2.gz ext3 ext3.gz squashfs
>>> squashfs-lzma ubi ubifs"
>>
>> Concept is fine, but please don't list ubi and ubifs just list ubi.
> 
> Perhaps the [brokwn] rule to explicitly build ubifs should also be purged?

Nope, that's how the ubi is created.  Essentially at the time anyhow, OE
didn't make it too easy to add in an image that needs to be in a
container to be used.  So we have the ubifs rule (yes, that needs a
cherry-pick from oe.dev) for 'advanced' users and the ubi rule to create
a simple ubi image.

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Tom Rini
Mentor Graphics Corporation