[yocto] self-hosted image vs. build appliance

[Barros Pena, Belen]

Hi Saul,

Thanks for explaining. But I must say: to an outsider, the existing naming
does not explain how these 2 things relate to each other.

We are adding a description of the 'self-hosted-image' to Hob, including a
link to the Build Appliance page in the Yocto Project website. But I am
not sure it will be enough to fully explain the relationship between both.
Is there any reason why the recipe and the ovf file need to have different
names?

Cheers

Belen



On 20/06/2012 17:44, "Saul Wold" <sgw at linux.intel.com> wrote:

>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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