Re: [OE-core] [wic][PATCH v2 0/8] make wic images sparse (#9099)

2016-05-02 Thread Philip Balister
On 04/28/2016 06:58 AM, Ed Bartosh wrote: > Hi, > > This patchset is a preparation for bmaptool support for wic. Using bmaptool > makes sense only if images are sparsed and this is what's implemented here. Minor nit, I find bmaptool makes sense even when images are not sparse. It does check if

[OE-core] [wic][PATCH v2 0/8] make wic images sparse (#9099)

2016-04-28 Thread Ed Bartosh
Hi, This patchset is a preparation for bmaptool support for wic. Using bmaptool makes sense only if images are sparsed and this is what's implemented here. Nice side effect of this work is that making images sparse not only makes flashing faster. It also makes the process of assembling an image