[yocto] Create an image from deployed files

[Khem Raj]

On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 12:43 PM Stefan Herbrechtsmeier
<stefan at herbrechtsmeier.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> what would be the best solution to create an image from deployed files?
>
> The wic bootimg-partition plugin copy over files listed in
> IMAGE_BOOT_FILES and create a partition inside the wic image. The
> image.bbclass creates an image from individual packages.
>
> I want to create an image like the image.bbclass but from deployed files
> like the wic bootimg-partition plugin.
>
> I have add an image_types_vfat.bbclass to create vfat images, move the
> common parts from image.bbclass into image-common.bbclass and add a
> boot-image.bbclass. This class duplicates some code from the wic
> bootimg-partition plugin inside the do_rootfs function and add some
> dummy tasks to minimize the changes in the common code.
>
> I wonder if this is the right direction or if another solution exists.
>

I would think you can add a wic kickstart image to generate your desired image

> Best regards
>    Stefan
>
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