[yocto] Create uncompressed rootfs

[Marco Cavallini]

You could mount the .ext3 image on a partition using -o loop
or find/customize a different solution using IMAGE_TYPES
(i.e. when IMAGE_FSTYPES contains "live")
http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.8/ref-manual/ref-manual.html
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Marco Cavallini | KOAN sas | Bergamo - Italia
embedded and real-time software engineering
http://www.KoanSoftware.com

2015-11-02 6:20 GMT+01:00 Roberto <ramatekd at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
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> I apologise if this is not the right channel for asking the following
> question. If so, please advise me on a more appropriate support channel.
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> I am looking for the quickest workflow for debugging a recipe. I basically
> need to modify a recipe, deploy the entire distribution to the target board
> and test it.
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> have come to the conclusion that the quickest way is to boot the target
> board through TFTP for the kernel and then mount the rootfs via NFS.
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> In my view, the only issue of this workflow is that when I bitbake the image
> it creates a compressed rootfs that then I have to uncompress in order to
> provide the rootfs to the target board via NFS.
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> Is there any way to avoid bitbake compressing the rootfs but rather having
> it uncompressed in some folders under tmp/deploy ?
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> Regards,
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> Roberto
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