[OE-core] [PATCH] wic: Use mke2fs to create the ext2/3/4 image

[Richard Purdie]

On Wed, 2014-03-12 at 14:54 -0500, Tom Zanussi wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-03-10 at 22:06 -0700, Richard Purdie wrote:
> > On Mon, 2014-03-10 at 19:05 -0500, Tom Zanussi wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2014-03-09 at 18:04 -0700, Richard Purdie wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 2014-03-08 at 19:23 -0300, João Henrique Ferreira de Freitas
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > OE-core commit f3a95ca6886b55e5819b068bdbd2cceb882d91a6 removed the
> > > > > populate-extfs.sh. So mke2fs should be used to create ext2/3/4 image.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: João Henrique Ferreira de Freitas <joaohf at gmail.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  scripts/lib/mic/kickstart/custom_commands/partition.py | 6 ++----
> > > > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/scripts/lib/mic/kickstart/custom_commands/partition.py b/scripts/lib/mic/kickstart/custom_commands/partition.py
> > > > > index 91d751e..e0a82f5 100644
> > > > > --- a/scripts/lib/mic/kickstart/custom_commands/partition.py
> > > > > +++ b/scripts/lib/mic/kickstart/custom_commands/partition.py
> > > > > @@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ class Wic_PartData(Mic_PartData):
> > > > >          """
> > > > >          Prepare content for an ext2/3/4 rootfs partition.
> > > > >          """
> > > > > -        populate_script = "%s/usr/bin/populate-extfs.sh" % native_sysroot
> > > > >  
> > > > >          image_rootfs = rootfs_dir
> > > > >          rootfs = "%s/rootfs.%s" % (cr_workdir, self.fstype)
> > > > > @@ -199,11 +198,10 @@ class Wic_PartData(Mic_PartData):
> > > > >  
> > > > >          extra_imagecmd = "-i 8192"
> > > > >  
> > > > > -        mkfs_cmd = "mkfs.%s -F %s %s" % (self.fstype, extra_imagecmd, rootfs)
> > > > > +        mkfs_cmd = "mkfs.%s -F %s %s -d %s" % \
> > > > > +            (self.fstype, extra_imagecmd, rootfs, image_rootfs)
> > > > >          rc, out = exec_native_cmd(mkfs_cmd, native_sysroot)
> > > > >  
> > > > > -        populate_cmd = populate_script + " " + image_rootfs + " " + rootfs
> > > > > -        rc, out = exec_native_cmd(pseudo + populate_cmd, native_sysroot)
> > > > >  
> > > > >          # get the rootfs size in the right units for kickstart (Mb)
> > > > >          du_cmd = "du -Lbms %s" % rootfs
> > > > 
> > > > Don't we need to be careful to find the binary from the native sysroot
> > > > here since that is the one with the root directory option?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Hmm, exec_native_cmd(mkfs_cmd, native_sysroot) is being used to do the
> > > 'mke2fs -d', which should do the right thing... Am I missing something?
> > 
> > I hadn't realised that the exec_native_cmd took care of resolving the
> > prefix for you. The populate_script had a prefix because its used with
> > pseudo (I'd thought it was so it found the right command). 
> > 
> > That does raise another question though, how does this work now pseudo
> > isn't used?
> > 
> 
> Good point, it did miss pseudo.  Here's a fix to the fix:
> 
> http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky-contrib/log/?h=tzanussi/wic-ext2fs-fix-fix
> 
> 
> 
> [PATCH] wic: Use pseudo for ext mkfs command
> 
> The switchover from populate-exfs.sh to mke2fs forgot to preserve
> pseudo, add it back.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi at linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  scripts/lib/mic/kickstart/custom_commands/partition.py | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/lib/mic/kickstart/custom_commands/partition.py b/scripts/lib/mic/kickstart/custom_commands/partition.py
> index e0a82f5..e15150b 100644
> --- a/scripts/lib/mic/kickstart/custom_commands/partition.py
> +++ b/scripts/lib/mic/kickstart/custom_commands/partition.py
> @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class Wic_PartData(Mic_PartData):
>  
>          mkfs_cmd = "mkfs.%s -F %s %s -d %s" % \
>              (self.fstype, extra_imagecmd, rootfs, image_rootfs)
> -        rc, out = exec_native_cmd(mkfs_cmd, native_sysroot)
> +        rc, out = exec_native_cmd(pseudo + mkfs_cmd, native_sysroot)

In the original version the full path to mkfs.X was specified, in this
version PATH will be used to find it. Will it find the right version?

Cheers,

Richard