[OE-core] [PATCH 0/3] [RFC] Add support for 'fastboot images'

[Khem Raj]

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 2:26 AM, Nicolas Dechesne
<nicolas.dechesne at linaro.org> wrote:
> Many devices come with 'Android' bootloader that implements fastboot
> protocol. This protocol was also added in uboot. This series tries to
> make (Android) fastboot image a first class citizen in OE core. While
> the fastboot protocol initially came from Android, it is not specific
> to Android, and can be used with any standard Linux system as well.
>
> More information abot the fastboot sparse image can be found at [1].
>
> Such support already exists in meta-android, but I thought it would
> make sense to move that into OE core, given that it allows any OE
> users to reuse this mechanism directly. At least, I wanted to have a
> discussion about it and gather others feedback!
>

its in meta-oe, what do we get if we bring it to OE-Core. ?
how much prevalent is it ?

> [1] http://www.2net.co.uk/tutorial/android-sparse-image-format
>
> Nicolas Dechesne (3):
>   android-tools: import from meta-oe
>   image_types: oe_mkext234fs: add arguments to customize output file
>     extension
>   image_types: add support for 'fastboot' image type
>
>  meta/classes/image_types.bbclass                   |  24 ++-
>  .../android-tools-conf/android-gadget-setup        |  25 +++
>  .../android-tools/android-tools-conf_1.0.bb        |  13 ++
>  .../android-tools/android-tools/.gitignore         |  57 +++++++
>  .../android-tools/android-tools/adb.mk             |  72 +++++++++
>  .../android-tools/android-tools/adbd.mk            | 163 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  .../android-tools/android-tools/ext4_utils.mk      | 103 +++++++++++++
>  .../android-tools/android-tools/fastboot.mk        |  89 +++++++++++
>  .../android-tools/android-tools/mkbootimg.mk       |  29 ++++
>  .../android-tools/android-tools_5.1.1.r37.bb       | 168 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  10 files changed, 736 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/android-tools/android-tools-conf/android-gadget-setup
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/android-tools/android-tools-conf_1.0.bb
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/android-tools/android-tools/.gitignore
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/android-tools/android-tools/adb.mk
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/android-tools/android-tools/adbd.mk
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/android-tools/android-tools/ext4_utils.mk
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/android-tools/android-tools/fastboot.mk
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/android-tools/android-tools/mkbootimg.mk
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/android-tools/android-tools_5.1.1.r37.bb
>
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