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

[Paul Eggleton]

On Thursday 22 March 2012 08:56:08 Darren Hart wrote:
> 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?

Sure, sounds fine to me.
 
> > * 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.

Many do, yes. I guess it was just a simple idea to avoid potential issues 
particularly for those that don't have an LED.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre