[yocto] 2 images with single Bitbake recipe

[Nikolay Dimitrov]

Hi Gary,

On 03/09/2015 10:00 PM, Gary Thomas wrote:
> 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"

Thanks. I'll try that and will share what worked for me.

Regards,
Nikolay