[OE-core] [PATCH v3] u-boot: Add mkenvimage tool

[Marek Vasut]

On 11/20/2018 04:52 PM, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
> Hi Otavio,
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Otavio Salvador [mailto:otavio.salvador at ossystems.com.br]
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 6:49 PM
>> To: Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com>
>> Cc: Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt at axis.com>; Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>; Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>; Otavio
>> Salvador <otavio at ossystems.com.br>; Alexey Brodkin <alexey.brodkin at synopsys.com>; Patches and discussions about the oe-core
>> layer <openembedded-core at lists.openembedded.org>; linux-snps-arc at lists.infradead.org
>> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v3] u-boot: Add mkenvimage tool
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 1:40 PM Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> (hit sent too early)
>>>
>>> Of course how big are these tools, and is it really useful splitting
>>> them up?  If we're talking a 10k binary, is putting them in separate
>>> packages worth the complication?
>>
>> I think it makes sense to split; we are building an embedded system
>> build system and granular installation is a must have. Using PN to
>> install all tools is a win win combination.
> 
> Please note we're discussing _host_ tools here!
> So do we really care if there's one more utility installed on development host?
> 
> And if someone installs those U-Boot host utilities on the target then most probably
> this target is not super embedded any longer.

You can use mkenvimage on target, I had to do that a few times.

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Best regards,
Marek Vasut