[linux-yocto] Contribute meta-installer to yocto

[Hongxu Jia]

On 2017年11月21日 16:30, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> On 2017-11-21 12:41 AM, Hongxu Jia wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Wind River has maintained meta-installer for several years,
>> and now we want to contribute it to yocto community.
>>
>> This layer provides an installation program based on
>> OE platform. The installation program is anaconda from
>> fedora, which is the installer of distribution Fedora,
>> RedHat and Centos.
> I think you have missed your target audience.  This list is for yocto specific kernel changes.  It is not for addition of new layers.

Sorry for the wrong place, I will correct it and resend

//Hongxu

>
> Paul.
> --
>
>> The version of anaconda in meta-installer is 26.21.11
>> which is based on Fedora 26.
>>
>> The meta-insatller requires:
>> - systemd as init manager
>> - python3
>> - dnf2/rpm4
>> - gobject-introspection which requires qemu-usermode
>>     in MACHINE_FEATURES
>>
>> The meta-installer provides:
>> - graphic install and text install.
>>
>> - package based (dnf/rpm) install and image (copy)
>>     based install.
>>
>> - package based (dnf/rpm) install from local and
>>     remote rpm sources such as CDs and DVDs, images
>>     stored on a hard drive, NFS, HTTP, and FTP.
>>
>> - kickstart install which provides a fully unattended
>>     installation that can be duplicated on scores of machines.
>>
>> - install over VNC on headless machines.
>>
>> - timezone setting.
>>
>> - root password setting.
>>
>> - user account creation.
>>
>> - a variety of advanced storage devices including
>>     LVM, Btrfs, Ext4, and filesystem encryption.
>>
>> The repository of meta-installer is temporary on the github
>> for review:
>> https://github.com/jiahongxujia/meta-installer
>>
>> In above github, the logo picture is undefined, if yocto
>> could accept this layer, I will update the picture with
>> "Yocto project Compatible".
>>
>> The attachments are the snapshots of a package based
>> installation.
>>
>> Hopefully it is helpful for yocto, and any feedback is
>> appreciated.
>>
>> If yocto is interested in this layer and will accept it,
>> I could send pull request or some one directly fetch
>> from above github master branch.
>>
>> //Hongxu
>>
>>
>>
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