[gnome-continuous-yocto/gnomeostree-3.28-rocko: 8016/8267] dev-manual: Added wic ls, rm, and cp example
- From: Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi src gnome org>
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- Subject: [gnome-continuous-yocto/gnomeostree-3.28-rocko: 8016/8267] dev-manual: Added wic ls, rm, and cp example
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 07:03:35 +0000 (UTC)
commit 07ec3f2f86169a016be4fe6b44cbd5d910c29a2b
Author: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark gmail com>
Date: Fri Oct 13 09:00:54 2017 -0700
dev-manual: Added wic ls, rm, and cp example
Fixes [YOCTO #12191]
Put in a new example in the Wic section to highlight the use of the
'wic ls', 'wic rm', and 'wic cp' commands.
(From yocto-docs rev: 2bf316961d22d5dc2df2d849c50ec347d5f9db51)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark gmail com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard purdie linuxfoundation org>
.../dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 132 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 132 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 9063b70..c9dc555 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -5438,6 +5438,138 @@
artifact is manually specified.
</para>
</section>
+
+ <section id='using-wic-to-manipulate-an-image'>
+ <title>Using Wic to Manipulate an Image</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Wic image manipulation allows you to shorten turnaround
+ time during image development.
+ For example, you can use Wic to delete the kernel partition
+ of a Wic image and then insert a newly built kernel.
+ This saves you time from having to rebuild the entire image
+ each time you modify the kernel.
+ <note>
+ In order to use Wic to manipulate a Wic image as in
+ this example, your development machine must have the
+ <filename>mtools</filename> package installed.
+ </note>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The following example examines the contents of the Wic
+ image, deletes the existing kernel, and then inserts a
+ new kernel:
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <emphasis>List the Partitions:</emphasis>
+ Use the <filename>wic ls</filename> command to list
+ all the partitions in the Wic image:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ $ wic ls tmp/deploy/images/qemux86/core-image-minimal-qemux86.wic
+ Num Start End Size Fstype
+ 1 1048576 25041919 23993344 fat16
+ 2 25165824 72157183 46991360 ext4
+ </literallayout>
+ The previous output shows two partitions in the
+ <filename>core-image-minimal-qemux86.wic</filename>
+ image.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <emphasis>Examine a Particular Partition:</emphasis>
+ Use the <filename>wic ls</filename> command again
+ but in a different form to examine a particular
+ partition.
+ <note>
+ You can get command usage on any Wic command
+ using the following form:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ $ wic help <replaceable>command</replaceable>
+ </literallayout>
+ For example, the following command shows you
+ the various ways to use the
+ <filename>wic ls</filename> command:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ $ wic help ls
+ </literallayout>
+ </note>
+ The following command shows what is in Partition
+ one:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ $ wic ls tmp/deploy/images/qemux86/core-image-minimal-qemux86.wic:1
+ Volume in drive : is boot
+ Volume Serial Number is E894-1809
+ Directory for ::/
+
+ libcom32 c32 186500 2017-10-09 16:06
+ libutil c32 24148 2017-10-09 16:06
+ syslinux cfg 220 2017-10-09 16:06
+ vesamenu c32 27104 2017-10-09 16:06
+ vmlinuz 6904608 2017-10-09 16:06
+ 5 files 7 142 580 bytes
+ 16 582 656 bytes free
+ </literallayout>
+ The previous output shows five files, with the
+ <filename>vmlinuz</filename> being the kernel.
+ <note>
+ If you see the following error, you need to
+ update or create a
+ <filename>~/.mtoolsrc</filename> with the
+ suggested statement and then run the Wic
+ command again:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ ERROR: _exec_cmd: /usr/bin/mdir -i /tmp/wic-parttfokuwra ::/ returned '1' instead of 0
+ output: Total number of sectors (47824) not a multiple of sectors per track (32)!
+ Add mtools_skip_check=1 to your .mtoolsrc file to skip this test
+ </literallayout>
+ </note>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <emphasis>Remove the Old Kernel:</emphasis>
+ Use the <filename>wic rm</filename> command to
+ remove the <filename>vmlinuz</filename> file
+ (kernel):
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ $ wic rm tmp/deploy/images/qemux86/core-image-minimal-qemux86.wic:1/vmlinuz
+ </literallayout>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <emphasis>Add In the New Kernel:</emphasis>
+ Use the <filename>wic cp</filename> command to
+ add the updated kernel to the Wic image.
+ Depending on how you built your kernel, it could
+ be in different places.
+ If you used <filename>devtool</filename> and
+ an SDK to build your kernel, it resides in the
+ <filename>tmp/work</filename> directory of the
+ extensible SDK.
+ If you used <filename>make</filename> to build the
+ kernel, the kernel will be in the
+ <filename>workspace/sources</filename> area.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>The following example assumes
+ <filename>devtool</filename> was used to build
+ the kernel:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ cp
~/poky_sdk/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/linux-yocto/4.12.12+git999-r0/linux-yocto-4.12.12+git999/arch/x86/boot/bzImage
\
+ ~/poky/build/tmp/deploy/images/qemux86/core-image-minimal-qemux86.wic:1/vmlinuz
+ </literallayout>
+ Once the new kernel is added back into the image,
+ you can use the <filename>dd</filename>
+ command or
+ <link
linkend='flashing-images-using-bmaptool'><filename>bmaptool</filename></link>
+ to flash your wic image onto an SD card
+ or USB stick and test your target.
+ <note>
+ Using <filename>bmaptool</filename> is
+ generally 10 to 20 times faster than using
+ <filename>dd</filename>.
+ </note>
+ </para></listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </section>
</section>
</section>
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