Re: [yocto] RFC: Post build configuration

2013-04-09 Thread Venkata ramana gollamudi
I agree that each product might have different connectivity and different configuration needs on the rootfs. However current thoughts are based on 1) Some of the common configurations of YP are currently at build time in yocto project, but appying them doesnot require a rebuild. Such

Re: [yocto] RFC: Post build configuration

2013-04-09 Thread Rudolf Streif
Ramana, Maybe I do not understand what exactly you are looking for. Maybe you have some concrete examples. Anything that somehow changes the configuration of the target has to go into the root file system one way or the other. You can easily include packages into the root file system by adding

Re: [yocto] RFC: Post build configuration

2013-04-08 Thread Trevor Woerner
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Sean Liming sean.lim...@annabooks.com wrote: Why post-build instead of pre-build? The idea is that you have one build, and you are manufacturing 5000 devices. So you take this one build and load it on each of your identical devices which you then sell to your

Re: [yocto] RFC: Post build configuration

2013-04-08 Thread Sean Liming
-Original Message- From: Trevor Woerner [mailto:twoer...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 1:28 PM To: Sean Liming Cc: Venkata ramana gollamudi; yocto@yoctoproject.org; Sanil kumar Subject: Re: [yocto] RFC: Post build configuration On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Sean Liming

Re: [yocto] RFC: Post build configuration

2013-04-08 Thread Trevor Woerner
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Sean Liming sean.lim...@annabooks.com wrote: Is this post-build utility an active project for the Yocto Project or is it just getting started? It's only in the discussion phase right now, hence the RFC in the subject line.

Re: [yocto] RFC: Post build configuration

2013-04-08 Thread Rudolf Streif
The process that you are describing is commonly called device provisioning. I have experienced this process from different angles: working for a company making functional test equipment for electronics production lines and working for a company providing software for set-top boxes. From this

[yocto] RFC: Post build configuration

2013-03-29 Thread Venkata ramana gollamudi
This is in reference to my previous post regarding post build configuration, with few points re-iterating to set the ground. https://lists.yoctoproject.org/pipermail/yocto/2012-November/012867.html Post build configuration and need for configuration platform/model: There have been