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From: Rudolf Streif <rstreif@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Cc: Yocto discussion list <yocto@yoctoproject.org>
Subject: Re: dev manual definition of "Image" is totally wrong
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:43:11 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+gsK-peRS+T3zOXKo-zERm=vrWewAfEEhrT_jPphpfgtJimBg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.11.1407251345130.8665@localhost>

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>   here:
>
>
> http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#yocto-project-terms
>
> the definition of "Image" refers to the generated artifacts of a
> build, whereas the standard usage (as typified by the link) more
> correctly refers to things like core-image-minimal.
>

The term "image" is somewhat overloaded and if not detailed context
dependent. Image at least could be a "kernel image" or a "root file system
image". In the context of YP the term typically refers to a root file
system image of which core-image-minimal is an instance.

:rjs

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-07-25 18:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-25 17:47 dev manual definition of "Image" is totally wrong Robert P. J. Day
2014-07-25 18:39 ` Khem Raj
2014-07-25 18:43 ` Rudolf Streif [this message]
2014-07-26 11:12   ` Robert P. J. Day

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