[OE-core] [PATCH 0/4] add wic based image installer

[Tom Rini]

On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 02:40:58PM +0800, chee.yang.lee at intel.com wrote:

> From: Chee Yang Lee <chee.yang.lee at intel.com>
> 
> Existing installable image (hddimg/ISO) has limit of 4GB size, so to build larger installable image, we can build it in wic based image.
> 
> 2 partition needed for installable image
>  - first partition build using source plugin bootimg-efi and configure to run install
>  - second partition build with root.img, systemd-boot and kernel to be install on target machine (this partition build using new source plugin installer-partition)
> 
> These patches:
>  - add new source plugin for second partition
>  - add new .wks
>  - add new wic dependency and set default value for required variable
>  - allow source plugin bootimg-efi to configure to install
> 
> 
> To build the image, set WKS_FILE="wic-installer.wks.in" in local.conf.

I'm confused as to why we need most of these changes to support the end
goal.  The enhancement to bootimg-efi makes conceptual sense.  I don't
see why we need a new plugin to do the rest, however.  What's being done
here that we don't already do today?  I say this having made installer
images for EFI machines using wic (in sumo, even).  Thanks!

-- 
Tom
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