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

[Tom Rini]

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 02:23:05AM +0000, Lee, Chee Yang wrote:
> Hi Tom, 
> 
> Would you mind to share with me how you make the installer image using wic? 

I ended up using sdimage-bootpart.wks and IMAGE_BOOT_FILES to populate
the partition as needed.  I can't paste the exact image as it was done
for a customer.

> 
>     -------- 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!
>     
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>     Tom
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Tom
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