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

[Kamble, Nitin A]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hart, Darren
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 1:55 PM
> To: Kamble, Nitin A; meta-intel at yoctoproject.org; Zanussi, Tom;
> richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org; Burton, Ross
> Subject: Re: [Patch v2 6/7] core-image-minimal-initramfs: extend to support
> early microcode loading
> 
> 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 have renamed the override to intel-common now.

Nitin

> 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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