[meta-intel] [PATCH 09/10] core-image-minimal-initramfs: extend to support early microcode loading

[Kamble, Nitin A]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Burton, Ross [mailto:ross.burton at intel.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:05 PM
> To: Kamble, Nitin A
> Cc: Zanussi, Tom; Hart, Darren; meta-intel at yoctoproject.org
> Subject: Re: [meta-intel] [PATCH 09/10] core-image-minimal-initramfs:
> extend to support early microcode loading
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've been having a quick look at the image generation code and am
> wondering if appending supplementary cpio blobs to an initramfs is
> something that is actually common and we should add support for that
> directly to the initramfs generation.
I think it is not common. But like there are uboot pieces, we can add x86 ucode pieces.

> 
> Alternatively, using IMAGE_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND in core-image-
> minimal-initramfs.bbappend should let you trivially append a cpio (generated
> directly using cpio, not image.bbclass) to the generated image.
> 
This along with RP's do_deploy solution should give the same results as my initial ucode image solution. I am trying these out now.

Nitin


> Ross