Linaro 11.08 released
Amit Kucheria
amit.kucheria at linaro.org
Fri Aug 26 12:17:11 UTC 2011
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Fathi Boudra <fathi.boudra at linaro.org> wrote:
> On 26 August 2011 14:38, Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria at linaro.org> wrote:
>>> I have the same concern. We have per board instructions:
>>> * on the forms used for testing. e.g. http://bit.ly/pFnQQh
>>> * on releases.l.o
>>> e.g. http://releases.linaro.org/platform/linaro-n/ubuntu/leb-panda/11.08/
>>>
>>> IMO, the image installation should be board specific. The generic instructions
>>> are good but I would prefer to have the following workflow:
>>> 1. I have this board (identify board)
>>> 2. I need these images (identify images for the board)
>>> 3. Here's the correct step by step instructions to flash my board
>>>
>>> Now, we need to the improve the image installation to achieve that...
>>
>> Isn't Linaro-Media-Builder (fetch_image_ui.py) meant to remove the need for
>> having so many different pages of instructions?
>
> It assumes you know l-m-b and know where/how to get it. At this point,
> you reached the step 3: step by step instructions to flash the board,
> including how to get the tools.
True. I guess we'll reach a day where all that would be need is a
pointer to L-M-B. It's already looking really useful. :)
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