[meta-intel] [Patch v2 6/7] core-image-minimal-initramfs: extend to support early microcode loading

Hart, Darren darren.hart at intel.com
Fri Jul 11 13:55:27 PDT 2014


On 7/11/14, 11:59, "Kamble, Nitin A" <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com> wrote:

>From: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
>
>Consumes the intel-earlyload-microcode-image to generate an initrd which
>is
>extended with the earlyload microcode support.
>
>This recipe now generates this additional initrd image:
>  core-image-minimal-initramfs-${MACHINE}.cpio.gz.ucode
>
>Signed-off-by: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
>---
> common/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal-initramfs.bbappend | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644
>common/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal-initramfs.bbappend
>
>diff --git 
>a/common/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal-initramfs.bbappend
>b/common/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal-initramfs.bbappend
>new file mode 100644
>index 0000000..d836400
>--- /dev/null
>+++ b/common/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal-initramfs.bbappend
>@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
>+inherit image-ucode
>+
>+IMAGE_FSTYPES_meta-intel = "cpio.gz.ucode"
>-- 
>1.8.1.4
>


Hrm.... A meta-intel override... Do we need to introduce a layer override,
or would the intel-common overrides be sufficient? It would reduce the
complexity a bit.

I do see the value in the layer override though as it applies to the BSPs
that are not yet intel-common - or won't ever be.

So..

Acked-by: Darren Hart <dvhart at linux.intel.com>


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Darren Hart					Open Source Technology Center
darren.hart at intel.com				            Intel Corporation




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