[meta-intel] [PATCH 07/10] intel-earlyload-microcode-image.bb: new recipe for ealryload microcode image

[Richard Purdie]

On Mon, 2014-06-23 at 17:44 +0000, Kamble, Nitin A wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Burton, Ross [mailto:ross.burton at intel.com]
> > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 9:29 AM
> > To: Kamble, Nitin A
> > Cc: Zanussi, Tom; Hart, Darren; meta-intel at yoctoproject.org
> > Subject: Re: [meta-intel] [PATCH 07/10] intel-earlyload-microcode-image.bb:
> > new recipe for ealryload microcode image
> > 
> > On 20 June 2014 19:52,  <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com> wrote:
> > > +inherit core-image
> > 
> > Changing this to just inherit image should remove some of the cruft, but to
> > be honest as this is literally just a cpio containing a single file, why not use
> > cpio directly?
> > 
> > Ross
> 
> I did thought about it. I wanted to make the microcode blob available like an initrd, which if desired can be changed easily without touching the initrd file.
> 
> I will see if "inherit image" simplifies the recipe further here.

I have to admit that using image generation here does seem like overkill
and that a simpler "do_deploy" style task which just generates the cpio
might be much faster/simpler.

Cheers,

Richard