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[Loïc Minier <loic.minier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011, Guilherme Salgado wrote:
> I've noted those on the spec so I don't forget about them.

 Thanks

>                                                             However, one
> thing that is not clear to me is whether or not we want to make a change
> to no longer install u-boot and x-loader packages on the rootfs.  I know
> this was suggested but I see it as something that is nice to have and
> not essential.

 That's right; I'm not sure what you mean is nice to have not essential:
 do you mean the .debs installed in the rootfs are nice to have + not
 essential, or going without installing them is nice to have + not
 essential?

>                 AIUI, we'd have to either change hwpack-create to
> include just the boot files instead of the packages themselves or
> continue including the packages but have lmc not install them.  Given
> that, I'd prefer if we left this for later rather than squeezing it in
> this spec.

 That's right, we'd have to change hwpack-create; this spec includes a
 fair number of hwpack-create changes; why do you think it's a lot of
 work?

 I don't think we need hwpack-create to retain the ability to create v1
 hwpacks, so hwpack-create can just move to what we think makes sense.

 I think the bzr branch with the hwpack config would hold information
 about the name of the u-boot .deb to download from the archive, the
 filename in the .deb to extract, and hwpack-create would copy that file
 into the hwpack and write "u_boot: u-boot.bin" in the hwpack metadata.

 linaro-media-create could do something like:
    # hwpack v1 and v2
    if has_field("packages"):
        install_packages_from_hwpack(fields["packages"])

    # hwpack v2 support
    if has_field("u_boot"):
        copy_from_hwpack(fields["u_boot], bootfs_dir)
    else:
        copy_from_rootfs(BoardConfig.u_boot_filename, rootfs_dir)

 Of course, this could as well be in a HwpackV1 and HwpackV2 class, I'm
 just proposing a way to handle the field.

 If you think it's a lot of work, we can defer it, but I tried including
 all the things which would cause a format bump in the new hwpack
 format.

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Loïc Minier