[yocto] self-hosted image vs. build appliance

[Saul Wold]

On 06/21/2012 03:30 AM, Barros Pena, Belen wrote:
> 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?
>
How about build-appliance-image and building a Build Appliance ovf

Sau!


> 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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