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

[Otavio Salvador]

On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 1:52 PM Alexey Brodkin
<alexey.brodkin at synopsys.com> wrote:
> > -----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.

The tools are commonly used on host but this is not a limitation and
there are use cases where we may want to include it on target. Also,
it can be installed on SDK (nativesdk packages) and being able to
install what will be used is a must for me.

I am not concerned about the space used by it but for the choice of me
pick the right pieces I need, and not putting it all together.

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