[yocto] 2 images with single Bitbake recipe

[Gary Thomas]

On 2015-03-09 13:56, Nikolay Dimitrov wrote:
> Hi Khem,
>
> On 03/09/2015 09:31 PM, Khem Raj wrote:
>>
>>> On Mar 9, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Nikolay Dimitrov <picmaster at mail.bg> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I need an advice for the following Yocto use case.
>>>
>>> My system has to boot via minimal initramfs and then must use the full
>>> rootfs. I can use 2 separate recipes to generate the 2 images (minimal
>>> initramfs, complete rootfs), but I prefer to create all my build-
>>> products via single bitbake command.
>>>
>>> So, is it possible to build these 2 images with 1 recipe, and if "yes"
>>> then how?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Look at how initramfs http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#ref-tasks-bundle_initramfs
>> and also meta/conf/local.conf.sample.extended
>
> Thanks for answering. INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE doesn't achieve what I
> need, instead it merges the kernel image and initramfs in a single
> file. What I need is, instead of invoking:
>
> bitbake myproduct-image
> bitbake myproduct-initrams-image
>
> to invoke:
>
> bitbake myproduct-combined-image
>
> ...which should create 2 separate images.

Just list them both on one command:
   bitbake myproduct-image myproduct-initrams-image

If you really want, you could write a recipe myproduct-combined-image
which includes
   DEPENDS = "myproduct-image myproduct-initrams-image"

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