[oe] S98configure role

[Chris Larson]

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Hauser, Wolfgang (external) <
Wolfgang.Hauser.external at cassidian.com> wrote:

> for me the S98configure is a NO GO !
> I have to provide read only images that have to be used w/o any first boot
> configurations.
>
> For me there is no necessary to final install a image at first boot.
>
> Normally all configurations are able to be done at image creation time by
> some scripting.
> For example, adding a user can be done by scripting, and not necessarily
> have to be done by adduser/addgroup.
>
> Its up to the recipes to create packages which are installable offline
> totally and completely.
>
> Handling of individual settings like serial numbers, keys ... for me should
> not be a matter of first boot.
> It may be a matter of flashing(environment partition) or special
> configuration partitions.
>
> There may be some cases, a first boot installation is necessary, but for me
> it is better to have an unmodified/unmodifieable image on the target.
>

Then go ahead and modify your tree to do so, but don't expect OE to come
that way out of the box.
-- 
Christopher Larson
clarson at kergoth dot com
Founder - BitBake, OpenEmbedded, OpenZaurus
Maintainer - Tslib
Senior Software Engineer, Mentor Graphics