On Tue, 2013-09-17 at 08:32 -0500, Jason Wessel wrote: > V3 > - Add comment about isolinux.bin required in EFI only case > - Fix typo of PCIBIOS -> PCBIOS > - Change COMPRESSISO ?= "" -> COMPRESSISO ?= "0" for the default > - Add comment to EFI/ISO syslinux.bbclass to clarify workaround > with EFI only case and hybrid boot > - Add patch to fix syslinux serial and menu problems > - Add patch to fix boot-directdisk.bbclass > * Two new patches are 7 & 8, the zisofs patch moved from 7 -> 9 >
It looks good to me, but I would like to see Saul and Martin review the direct disk modifications. Reviewed-by: Darren Hart <dvh...@linux.intel.com> -- Darren > > V2 > - Added reference to YOCTO #1913 for per Darren > - Remove PR number from cdrtools uprev > - Added Saul's change to cdrtools to get rid of STAGE_TEMP > - made the builtin grub cfg file copied from a SRC_URI > - upreved syslinux to 6.01 > - Use the new isohybrid command from syslinux which can now > generate EFI enabled ISO's which can boot directly when > dd'ed to a USB or HDD device. > - Dropped any references to efi or pcbios in the qemu* configs > - Added the zisofs patch to the end of the series instead > of depending on it, in case it is dropped later. > - git -format-patch -M20% is your friend for seeing the > delta on recipe upgrades :-) > > YAY, with the new version of syslinux it is now possible to > build a single live ISO image which can boot in legacy mode > or EFI on optical media or USB devices. > > We still have to create 2 ISO's one for 32bit EFI systems and one for > 64bit EFI systems but this is also true of all other Linux > distributions today as well. > > Jason. > > --- > > The goal of this patch set is to put the EFI ISO boot method on par > with the ISO PCBIOS boot method. This also allows for the creation of > a single ISO image which can boot in "legacy boot" mode or EFI boot > mode. > > In order to make this possible the cdrtools needed an update to the > very latest and this brings in an license change. Given that change > it was not entirely clear to me if we needed to leave the older > package around. I opted to remove the older package recipe since > there was no clean way to fail in the case you wanted to build EFI > boot media. > > The bbnote that was previously in the bootimg.bbclass about EFI only > media being untested was a bit of an understatement, as the images > would not even build without errors due to the call to isohybrid. I > removed any such warnings because that path has been fully vetted now. > > Cheers, > Jason. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- -- Darren Hart Intel Open Source Technology Center Yocto Project - Linux Kernel _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
