[OE-core] [Openembedded-architecture] Deprecating hddimg/isoimg

[Mark Hatle]

On 12/20/16 2:23 PM, Saul Wold wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> For years we have wanted to get rid of the hddimg/iso type, we now have
> the WIC tool integrated into OE-Core such that we can build properly
> partitioned disk images.

No objection to getting rid of them, but I would love to see them replace with
one or more sample WIC configurations that resulted in -exactly- the same behavior.

--Mark

> Historically the hddimg was a single FAT filesystem that contained
> boot-loader, the kernel and a rootfs.img file for booting Intel Arch
> machines. This has a 4G limit due to the FAT limitations and we are
> starting to see this limit hit more frequently.
> 
> Are there any other usages out there that we are not aware of?
> 
> Any reasons that this should not get deprecated at this time?
> 
> Sau!
> 
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