[yocto] Read-only rootfs, excluding /tmp and /var/logs

[Anders Darander]

* Andrew Wozniak <drew.woz at gmail.com> [141028 15:05]:
> I'm fairly new to the Yocto environment but have worked with lower
> level Linux build systems. To get started, my target needs to have a
> read-only rootfs, while excluding specific directories like /tmp and
> /var/logs...

> The Project Dev Manual 5.15 section mentions the configuration of a
> read-only filesystem. I haven't tried this method yet and was
> wondering if there are any options for custom exclusions other than
> the /tmp and /var/run mentioned in the docs.

If you're working on the lates release, check out the volatile-binds
recipe in oe-core. 

Otherwise, check out https://github.com/MentorEmbedded/meta-ro-rootfs,
which is were volatile-binds originates from.

Cheers,
Anders

-- 
Anders Darander
ChargeStorm AB / eStorm AB