[OpenWrt-Devel] [RFC 0/6] x86: switch to generic image generation code and

[Lucian Cristian]

On 13.01.2019 23:49, Tomasz Maciej Nowak wrote:
> This is aftermath of partially failed series [1].
> When I was searching for ways to upgrade of bootloader on existing
> OpenWrt installations, I noticed that it'll be difficult to add this
> feature within existing code creating x86 target images. I decided to
> switch this code to generic one, wich is used in most of the OpenWrt
> targets. Both of the chages are rather intrusive hence te RFC tag.
> Please voice Your concerns and opinions.
>
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/cover/1000625
>
> Tomasz Maciej Nowak (6):
>    x86/grub2: move grub2 image creation to grub2 package
>    x86: switch image generation to new code
>    x86: remove obsolete profiles
>    x86: geode: shrink amount of default packages
>    x86/grub2: add bootloader upgrade on sysupgrade
>    grub2: add preinit hook for bootloader upgrade
>
>   config/Config-images.in                       |  22 +-
>   include/image.mk                              |   1 -
>   package/boot/grub2/Makefile                   |  79 ++++++-
>   .../boot/grub2/files/81_upgrade_bootloader    |  20 ++
>   .../boot/grub2/files}/grub-early.cfg          |   0
>   target/linux/x86/64/profiles/000-Generic.mk   |  15 --
>   target/linux/x86/64/target.mk                 |   2 +-
>   target/linux/x86/Makefile                     |   4 +-
>   .../x86/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh    |  27 ++-
>   .../linux/x86/generic/profiles/000-Generic.mk |  18 --
>   target/linux/x86/generic/target.mk            |   2 +-
>   .../linux/x86/geode/profiles/000-Generic.mk   |  20 --
>   target/linux/x86/geode/profiles/100-Geos.mk   |  19 --
>   target/linux/x86/geode/target.mk              |  14 +-
>   target/linux/x86/image/64.mk                  |   5 +
>   target/linux/x86/image/Makefile               | 199 +++++++-----------
>   target/linux/x86/image/generic.mk             |   8 +
>   target/linux/x86/image/geode.mk               |  16 ++
>   target/linux/x86/image/grub-iso.cfg           |   2 +-
>   .../linux/x86/image/{grub.cfg => grub-pc.cfg} |   4 +-
>   target/linux/x86/image/legacy.mk              |   8 +
>   .../linux/x86/legacy/profiles/000-Generic.mk  |  18 --
>   target/linux/x86/legacy/target.mk             |   1 +
>   23 files changed, 255 insertions(+), 249 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 package/boot/grub2/files/81_upgrade_bootloader
>   rename {target/linux/x86/image => package/boot/grub2/files}/grub-early.cfg (100%)
>   delete mode 100644 target/linux/x86/64/profiles/000-Generic.mk
>   delete mode 100644 target/linux/x86/generic/profiles/000-Generic.mk
>   delete mode 100644 target/linux/x86/geode/profiles/000-Generic.mk
>   delete mode 100644 target/linux/x86/geode/profiles/100-Geos.mk
>   create mode 100644 target/linux/x86/image/64.mk
>   create mode 100644 target/linux/x86/image/generic.mk
>   create mode 100644 target/linux/x86/image/geode.mk
>   rename target/linux/x86/image/{grub.cfg => grub-pc.cfg} (57%)
>   create mode 100644 target/linux/x86/image/legacy.mk
>   delete mode 100644 target/linux/x86/legacy/profiles/000-Generic.mk
>
tested on systems with multiple drives and multiple partitions, the only 
thing is that the target images will always be gziped, this is annoying 
on other targets too, also needs a rebase

Regards


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