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| author |   Maciej Borzecki <maciej.borzecki@open-rnd.pl> | 2014-12-19 15:35:51 -0600 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2014-12-19 22:36:14 +0000 |
| commit | 88528a128fe7c11871c24706ff6d245b183d6975 (patch) | |
| tree | 8ffbfdde1b3a7e7345f01655e818c5e7ea52c3fc /documentation | |
| parent | 99bd2c41c681c1214a191f9eca4373fbffcf11f9 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-88528a128fe7c11871c24706ff6d245b183d6975.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Update to the BOOT_IMAGE_FILES variable in the glossary
Update entry for IMAGE_BOOT_FILES with information on glob
patterns.
(From yocto-docs rev: ad3fc0061e3f4dc3ecc6b0a101685c301c5690e9)
Signed-off-by: Maciej Borzecki <maciej.borzecki@open-rnd.pl>
Signed-off-by: Maciek Borzecki <maciek.borzecki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 31 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 16f703dc42..e3272fec79 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -3863,9 +3863,12 @@ <glossdef> <para> A space-separated list of files installed into the - boot partition when preparing an image. - By default, the files are installed under the same name as - the source files. + boot partition when preparing an image using the + <filename>wic</filename> tool with the + <filename>bootimg-partition</filename> source + plugin. + By default, the files are installed under + the same name as the source files. To change the installed name, separate it from the original name with a semi-colon (;). Source files need to be located in @@ -3875,7 +3878,27 @@ <literallayout class="monospaced"> IMAGE_BOOT_FILES = "u-boot.img uImage;kernel" IMAGE_BOOT_FILES = "u-boot.${UBOOT_SUFFIX} ${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}" - </literallayout></para> + </literallayout> + Alternatively, source files can be picked up using + a glob pattern. + In this case, the destination file + will have the same name as the base name of the source file + path. + To install files into a directory within the + target location, pass its name after a semi-colon + (;). + Here are two examples: + <literallayout class="monospaced"> + IMAGE_BOOT_FILES = "bcm2835-bootfiles/*" + IMAGE_BOOT_FILES = "bcm2835-bootfiles/*;boot/" + </literallayout> + The first example installs all files from + <filename>${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/bcm2835-bootfiles</filename> + into the root of the target partition. + The second example installs the same files into a + <filename>boot</filename> directory within the + target partition. + </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |