Creating an image for a particular hardware target using the OpenEmbedded build system does not necessarily mean you can boot that image as is on your device. Physical devices accept and boot images in various ways depending on the specifics of the device. Usually, information about the hardware can tell you what image format the device requires. Should your device require multiple partitions on an SD card, flash, or an HDD, you can use the OpenEmbedded Image Creator () to create the properly partitioned image.
The wic
command generates partitioned images
from existing OpenEmbedded build artifacts.
Image generation is driven by partitioning commands contained
in an Openembedded kickstart file (.wks
)
specified either directly on the command-line or as one of a
selection of canned .wks
files
(see 'wic list images').
When applied to a given set of build artifacts, the result is an
image or set of images that can be directly written onto media and
used on a particular system.
This section provides some background information on
wic
, describes what you need to have in
place to run the tool, provides instruction on how to use
wic
, and provides several examples.