On 8 December 2011 11:54, Dave Pigott <dave.pig...@linaro.org> wrote: > Just wanted to add a couple of comments: > > Zygmunt commented earlier that creating master images is hard. I actually > disagree, but that is all about perspective and familiarity. I create master > images on a *very* regular basis and it's pretty easy once you know what > you're doing, but that's the point. It's about what you're most familiar > with.
Is the official documentation to create a master image available on https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Validation/Specs/MasterBootImage ? If it's the case, we should convert it to a step by step how to and link it to Validation knowledge base. > +1 on Spring's idea that we should get l-m-c to create a tailored, > partitioned image. I've thought the same for a while, but since it's > application was only for LAVA I felt it would be a far lower priority than > many other things. > > Also +1 on the longer term strategy of supporting NBD (or whatever) type > solutions. > > Like others in this thread, I'm also concerned about the attempt to > reproduce conmux within LAVA. Yes, we get rid of a lot of nasty Perl code > (in case I offend, which I don't intend to, I mean Perl is nasty, not the > implementation,) but we have to consider whether the effort involved would > significantly benefit us in the end result. > > Additionally, the idea of not supporting the serial interface, which has the > distinct advantage of capturing the log all in one place, I find difficult > to justify. Whilst I'm not completely wedded to it, as Ricardo said, it is > the one interface that is guaranteed to be provided across all boards in one > form or another. If we'd not had it, we would be significantly further > behind in deploying origens right now. > > ++2c > > Dave Pigott > Validation Engineer > T: +44 1223 45 00 24 | M +44 7940 45 93 44 > Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs > Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog > > On 8 Dec 2011, at 09:39, Spring Zhang wrote: > > Generally, there are two ways to drive the boards: by serial line or > network(NFS maybe plus NBD). If all switching to NFS, I'm sure there will be > other problems in daily using. > > For the MAC address issue, it will occur both on current master/tester image > layout and NFS deployment if uboot can't get board fused MAC address and > pass it to kernel. > > For the master image generation, I think the best way is to make LMC be able > to create a custom master SD card layout, now it only needs to extend to > shrink boot and rootfs partition, and make two or more blank > partitions(testboot and testrootfs) with label in one command. > > -- > Best wishes, > Spring Zhang _______________________________________________ linaro-dev mailing list linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
