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 as shown with the
wic list images
command in the
"Using an Existing Kickstart File"
section.
When you apply the command 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.
The wic
command and the infrastructure
it is based on is by definition incomplete.
The purpose of the command is to allow the generation of
customized images, and as such, was designed to be
completely extensible through a plug-in interface.
See the
"Plug-ins"
section for information on these plug-ins.
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
the wic
utility,
and provides several examples.