Packaging and deploying multiple firmware image types in one

[Gunnar Mills]

On 11/12/2019 1:49 AM, Alexander A. Filippov wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 01:28:11PM -0600, Adriana Kobylak wrote:
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> At IBM, we're starting to create a "System" bundle of BMC + host firmware by
> adding a recipe that would add the host's firmware files to the BMC's
> squashfs[3].
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> Feel free to share if you have any thoughts on this item or any aspect of
> these "System" images.
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> We use the system bundle of BMC + Host firmware on our VESNIN hardware.
> There are some things which cause discomfort a little bit:
> - The uploaded system bundle isn't shown in the WebUI.

IBM is planning on supporting a bundled "System" firmware form the WebUI.
The design is here:
https://ibm.invisionapp.com/share/4XNZ0JAMJ7B#/screens/319215228

>> [3] https://github.com/openbmc/meta-openpower/blob/master/recipes-phosphor/flash/host-fw_git.bb
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