[OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] image-vm: Convert vmdk/vdi/qcow2/hdddirect images to IMAGE_CMD

[Patrick Ohly]

On Thu, 2017-07-20 at 18:43 -0400, Tom Rini wrote:
> The support for writing vmdk/vdi/qcow2 images has not been converted to make
> use of the IMAGE_CMD infrastructure and instead relies on custom logic for
> adding tasks in the right place.  Convert these images to making use of
> IMAGE_CMD.

Thanks for working on this. I still have
https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10204 open for
enhancing vmdk/vdi/qcow2.

However, your patch doesn't go as far as described in that bug, does it?
Instead of allowing, for example, IMAGE_FSTYPES = "wic.vmdk", it merely
changes how IMAGE_FSTYPES = "vmdk" is implemented.

The current patch has its merits as it simplifies the implementation,
but I think it would be worthwhile to go all the way, even if it changes
how images are going to be named.

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Best Regards, Patrick Ohly

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