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authorJoshua Lock <joshua.g.lock@intel.com>2016-01-11 13:33:51 +0000
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2016-01-18 11:47:08 +0000
commit4339a822e34e00a49398fd5240bba3ecb530d631 (patch)
tree7a6604115f4b2699d39efa0ccb083e3b6b0b1fa4
parentd688df8567ad30b477e7b4843cd54a4647595652 (diff)
downloadopenembedded-core-contrib-4339a822e34e00a49398fd5240bba3ecb530d631.tar.gz
wic/help.py: document requirements for valid fstab generation
Without one of the --ondrive, --ondisk or --use-uuid options for a partition with a mountpoint specified the automatically generated fstab entry will be invalid. [YOCTO #8844] (From OE-Core rev: a524ced19db05e776834cd1f1db03c68a05f9c0b) Signed-off-by: Joshua Lock <joshua.g.lock@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/help.py b/scripts/lib/wic/help.py
index be334e7814..f5587bbba7 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/help.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/help.py
@@ -629,6 +629,13 @@ DESCRIPTION
If a <mountpoint> is not specified the partition will be created
but will not be mounted.
+ Partitions with a <mountpoint> specified will be automatically mounted.
+ This is achieved by wic adding entries to the fstab during image
+ generation. In order for a valid fstab to be generated one of the
+ --ondrive, --ondisk or --use-uuid partition options must be used for
+ each partition that specifies a mountpoint.
+
+
The following are supported 'part' options:
--size: The minimum partition size. Specify an integer value