[yocto] self-hosted image vs. build appliance

Saul Wold sgw at linux.intel.com
Wed Jun 20 09:44:47 PDT 2012


On 06/20/2012 09:23 AM, Barros Pena, Belen wrote:
> Does anybody know why are we calling it 'self-hosted-image' in Hob and
> 'build-appliance' in the Yocto Project website? Wouldn't it be easier if
> we used the same name everywhere? Which one should be used?
>
They are slightly different.  The self-hosted-image is the recipe name 
that generates the image.  The build-appliance is the VMware OVF file 
and bits needed to use VMPlayer or VMWorkstation.  The self-hosted-image 
is the underlying disk image used in the Build Appliance

Sau!

> Thanks!
>
> Belen
>
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