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

[Lee, Chee Yang]

Hi Tom, 

Would you mind to share with me how you make the installer image using wic? 

    -------- Forwarded Message --------
    From: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
    To: chee.yang.lee at intel.com
    Cc: openembedded-core at lists.openembedded.org
    Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 0/4] add wic based image installer
    Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 11:33:43 -0400
    
    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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