[OE-core] [PATCH v2 1/3] bmap-tools: initial commit, version 3.2

[Ed Bartosh]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:38:38AM +0300, Alexander Kanevskiy wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 7:55 AM, Paul Eggleton <
> paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 01:07:56 Alexander Kanevskiy wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Ed Bartosh <ed.bartosh at linux.intel.com
> > >
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > Bmap-tools - tools to generate block map (AKA bmap) and flash images
> > > > using bmap. Bmaptool is a generic tool for creating the block map
> > > > (bmap) for a file and copying files using the block map.
> > > >
> > > > The idea is that large file containing unused blocks, like raw system
> > > > image files, can be copied or flashed a lot faster with bmaptool than
> > > > with traditional tools like "dd" or "cp".
> > > >
> > > > [YOCTO #9414]
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Ed Bartosh <ed.bartosh at linux.intel.com>
> > >
> > > better to use recipe that would create in deploy/tools standalone version
> > > of the tool.
> > > Otherwise, there is no easy way for user to utilize generated bmap files.
> >
> > You both probably have had notification already, but just to close the
> > loop I
> > found the issue with the do_deploy version, see the comments on bug 9414:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9414
> >
> >
> Thank you Paul for your help! Your fix mentioned in the bug for do_depoly
> is indeed the best solution.
>

OK. I'll add this functionality back in a separate patch.

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Regards,
Ed