[yocto] [PATCH 1/1] ddimage: Add script for writing images to boot media

[Darren Hart]

On 03/21/2012 05:26 PM, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 March 2012 16:06:14 Darren Hart wrote:
>> Any objections to this going in?
> 
> No objections, looks like a really useful tool; a couple of suggestions though 
> (sorry for not looking at it earlier):
> 
> * Is it worth checking if the target device is mounted and erroring out if so?

That's a good suggestion. Alright with you if that is a follow-on patch?

> * Not sure but it may be worth waiting a few seconds after the sync before 
> exiting; I've seen some hardware that returns control to userspace before the 
> hardware has actually finished writing.

That may be, but anything we assume will be wrong for some hardware. The
sticks I have flash an LED for a few seconds afterwards, indicating writing.

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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel