>From 136d6214b6fc2c1118dac5b7f3e029ed006fab8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Paul Knopf <pauldotknopf at gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 16:56:51 -0400

Subject: [PATCH] Support for changing the imager used in wic.

---

 scripts/lib/wic/engine.py | 2 +-

 scripts/wic               | 1 +

 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/engine.py b/scripts/lib/wic/engine.py

index edcfab3..d7c5c11 100644

--- a/scripts/lib/wic/engine.py

+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/engine.py

@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ def wic_create(wks_file, rootfs_dir, bootimg_dir,

kernel_dir,

     if not os.path.exists(options.outdir):

         os.makedirs(options.outdir)

-    pname = 'direct'

+    pname = options.imager

     plugin_class = PluginMgr.get_plugins('imager').get(pname)

     if not plugin_class:

         raise WicError('Unknown plugin: %s' % pname)

diff --git a/scripts/wic b/scripts/wic

index 7392bc4..255e524 100755

--- a/scripts/wic

+++ b/scripts/wic

@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ def wic_init_parser_create(subparser):

     subparser.add_argument("-v", "--vars", dest='vars_dir',

                       help="directory with <image>.env files that store "

                            "bitbake variables")

+    subparser.add_argument("-i", "--imager", dest="imager",

default="direct", help="the wic imager plugin")

     subparser.add_argument("-D", "--debug", dest="debug",

action="store_true",

                       default=False, help="output debug information")

     return

-- 

2.7.4

 

 

I found this patch that got sent to the yocto mailing list, but never made it to the correct mailing list.

I would really like to have the functionality if it is possible to get it pulled in.

 

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