[meta-xilinx] IMAGE_FSTYPES default

[Nathan Rossi]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Balister [mailto:philip at balister.org]
> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 2:07 AM
> To: Nathan Rossi
> Cc: meta-xilinx at yoctoproject.org
> Subject: Re: [meta-xilinx] IMAGE_FSTYPES default
> 
> I care
> 
> On 11/14/2014 03:02 AM, Nathan Rossi wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: meta-xilinx-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:meta-xilinx-
> >> bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Philip Balister
> >> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 7:38 AM
> >> To: meta-xilinx at yoctoproject.org
> >> Subject: [meta-xilinx] IMAGE_FSTYPES default
> >>
> >> https://github.com/Xilinx/meta-
> >> xilinx/blob/master/conf/machine/include/machine-xilinx-default.inc#L4
> >>
> >> sets
> >>
> >> IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "cpio tar.gz ext2 ext2.gz.u-boot cpio.gz.u-boot"
> >>
> >> This causes problems for people building large images. Image build take
> >> a long time and you can easily run out of disk space. I've been
> >> overriding this in local.conf, but maybe a smaller set of default
> images
> >> would be helpful.
> >
> > Which types do use?
> >
> > The "ext*" types would be the main candidate for exclusion. Open to
> suggestions though.
> >
> 
> I care about the tar.gz case. I'm not using ramdisks, but we should have
> support for the most popular one. And remind people to adjust for their
> specific needs in local.conf if they build large images.

I will be dropping 'ext2' and 'ext2.gz.u-boot' from the default IMAGE_FSTYPES in meta-xilinx. If anyone has any objections please respond.

Regards,
Nathan