On 14 Nov 2023, at 21:04, Dmitry Baryshkov via lists.openembedded.org
wrote:
>
> Android-targeted devices support so called sparse image format. This is
> the raw filesystem image with dropped zero blocks. This way the image
> takes less space and the bootloaders and/or filesystem manipulation
On Wed, 2023-11-15 at 00:04 +0300, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> Android-targeted devices support so called sparse image format. This is
> the raw filesystem image with dropped zero blocks. This way the image
> takes less space and the bootloaders and/or filesystem manipulation
> tools can flash it
We perhaps need tests as well?
Alex
On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 at 22:04, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>
> Android-targeted devices support so called sparse image format. This is
> the raw filesystem image with dropped zero blocks. This way the image
> takes less space and the bootloaders and/or filesystem
Android-targeted devices support so called sparse image format. This is
the raw filesystem image with dropped zero blocks. This way the image
takes less space and the bootloaders and/or filesystem manipulation
tools can flash it quicker (as they do not have to write useless
sequences of zeroes).
