Re: [yocto] Runtime update of yocto-images
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Marc Ferland wrote: > Julian Scheel writes: > >> Hi, >> >> I wonder how everyone deals with runtime updates of yocto based >> systems? Are you using the package management for this? Actually I'd >> prefer a one-file update, which would replace the whole rootfs. I >> think having a squashfs image containing the rootfs and place it on >> some ext-partition would be nice. One would just need an initramfs, >> that could mount the squashfs file as root. >> >> Is anyone following an approach like this? > > This is the approach that I've taken. Works fairly well. > > You will need to: > - Create your own init script (look in: > meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files as a starting point) > - Patch your kernel with AUFS/unionfs/overlayfs if you want something > that is not 100% volatile. > - Create an "install/update" script that actually takes care of updating > your squashfs rootfs from the initramfs. > Marc interesting. Do you have some patches to share ? > Marc > ___ > yocto mailing list > yocto@yoctoproject.org > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto ___ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
Re: [yocto] Runtime update of yocto-images
Julian Scheel writes: > Hi, > > I wonder how everyone deals with runtime updates of yocto based > systems? Are you using the package management for this? Actually I'd > prefer a one-file update, which would replace the whole rootfs. I > think having a squashfs image containing the rootfs and place it on > some ext-partition would be nice. One would just need an initramfs, > that could mount the squashfs file as root. > > Is anyone following an approach like this? This is the approach that I've taken. Works fairly well. You will need to: - Create your own init script (look in: meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files as a starting point) - Patch your kernel with AUFS/unionfs/overlayfs if you want something that is not 100% volatile. - Create an "install/update" script that actually takes care of updating your squashfs rootfs from the initramfs. Marc ___ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
[yocto] Runtime update of yocto-images
Hi, I wonder how everyone deals with runtime updates of yocto based systems? Are you using the package management for this? Actually I'd prefer a one-file update, which would replace the whole rootfs. I think having a squashfs image containing the rootfs and place it on some ext-partition would be nice. One would just need an initramfs, that could mount the squashfs file as root. Is anyone following an approach like this? Regards, Julian ___ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
