[meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-arm][PATCH 2/4] image_types_fsl: use generic links for barebox.mxsboot-sdcard

[Otavio Salvador]

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 7:41 PM, Alexandre Belloni
<alexandre.belloni at free-electrons.com> wrote:
> On 23/07/2015 at 14:01:36 -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote :
>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Alexandre Belloni
>> <alexandre.belloni at free-electrons.com> wrote:
>> > Add generic links for barebox.mxsboot-sdcard as it actually doesn't
>> > really depend on the image being generated. This allows to access the
>> > binary from scripts not using $IMAGE_NAME.
>> >
>> > The previous link is kept to provide an upgrade path.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni at free-electrons.com>
>>
>> I understand the need to do this and I agree with the concept. However
>> it highlighted a design issue we have:
>>
>> The mxsboot-sdcard and mxsboot-nand images ought to be generated in
>> do_deploy of barebox and u-boot, not during the image generation.
>>
>> Are you willing to rework this?
>>
>
> I probably don't have the time now but yes, my final goal is to get rid
> of the whole image_types_fsl.bbclass

I am wondering if the link should be included or not. Currently it is
tied to the image and a common link would be misleading. Is it
possible to make wic work without it?

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