[yocto] live image types and qemu machines

[Darren Hart]

On 06/15/2012 07:39 AM, Barros Pena, Belen wrote:
> Thanks for clarifying this, Darren. I think right now we need to design
> for what the current emulator can do. When things change, we should
> remember to update Hob.

You suggested that this had a significant impact on the dialog for
selecting images. I thought knowing that qemu+live should/will be a
support situation would prevent you having to redesign the dialog later,
as well as other design decisions that might stem from the assumption
that live images were not supported under emulation.

--
Darren

> 
> Belen
> 
> On 15/06/2012 15:31, "Darren Hart" <dvhart at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> On 06/15/2012 06:04 AM, Barros Pena, Belen wrote:
>>> Sorry, Darren and Liming: I have one more question about this. Liming,
>>> correct me if I am wrong, but you mentioned that the only files that can
>>> be run on the qemu emulator are ext2 and ext3. But Darren's answer seems
>>> to suggest that you can also run hddimg and iso files in the qemu
>>> emulator.
>>>
>>> Is this correct, or am I getting totally confused?
>>
>>
>> With the current implementation of the runqemu command and the current
>> configuration of the qemu hardware, this is true. However, this will
>> change in the future as people have run into this and asked for
>> enhancements to allow it.
>>
>> --
>> Darren
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!!
>>>
>>> Belen
>>>
>>> On 15/06/2012 10:33, "Barros Pena, Belen" <belen.barros.pena at intel.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Darren and Liming.
>>>>
>>>> It sounds like we should keep things as they are, and that we'll need a
>>>> screen that gives you options to both run and deploy an image when you
>>>> have built for qemu selecting image types ext2 or ext3 and live.
>>>>
>>>> Belen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 14/06/2012 22:13, "Darren Hart" <dvhart at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 06/14/2012 08:09 AM, Barros Pena, Belen wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The current Hob allows you to build images for a qemu machine
>>>>>> selecting
>>>>>> 'live' as your image type. To me (with my pitiful knowledge) this
>>>>>> doesn't
>>>>>> make much sense: would I want to deploy an image built for a
>>>>>> virtualisation environment in a real piece of hardware?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So here goes a question: should we allow Hob users, who are mainly
>>>>>> people
>>>>>> new to the Yocto project, to select the 'live' image type when
>>>>>> building
>>>>>> images for qemu machines?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In my opinion: YES. The reason is that this allows you to test the
>>>>> live
>>>>> image format and the boot mechanism on virtualized hardware. This is a
>>>>> valuable development tool.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Darren
>>>>>
>>>>>> This might sound like a silly question, but it has a pretty big
>>>>>> impact
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> the Settings dialog and on the number of variations we need to create
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> our 'Image details' screen, which appears after the build finishes
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> displays logical next steps (like run the image or deploy your image
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> external storage).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any help with this would be much appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Belen
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Darren Hart
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Darren Hart
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