dev-manual: Added section on bmap-tool to flash images

Fixes [YOCTO #10621]

bmaptool is integrated into the OpenEmbedded build system but is
not documented.  I added a new section describing how to flash an
image to media using the tool.  Also, updated a small section in the
Wic part of the manual that used "dd" to flash an example.  I added
a bmaptool counterpart here and referenced the reader back to the
main new section.

(From yocto-docs rev: 98ebe9acccceea2b833c1372a3e664befd1b6aef)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark 2017-01-03 14:15:31 -08:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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<para>
Continuing with the example, you can now write the
image to a USB stick, or whatever media for which
you built your image, and boot the resulting media.
</para>
<para>
The following example uses <filename>dd</filename>
to write the image to a USB stick:
image to a USB stick, or whatever media for which you
built your image, and boot the resulting media.
You can write the image by using
<filename>bmaptool</filename> or
<filename>dd</filename>:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ sudo dd if=/var/tmp/wic/build/mkefidisk-201310230946-sda.direct of=/dev/sdb
[sudo] password for trz:
182274+0 records in
182274+0 records out
93324288 bytes (93 MB) copied, 14.4777 s, 6.4 MB/s
[trz at empanada ~]$ sudo eject /dev/sdb
$ oe-run-native bmaptool copy /var/tmp/wic/build/mkefidisk-201310230946-sda.direct /dev/sd<replaceable>X</replaceable>
</literallayout>
</para>
<para>
This next example uses the
<filename>bmap-tool</filename>.
For this example, it is assumed you have write
access:
or
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ oe-run-native bmap-tool copy /home/trz/yocto/yocto-image/scripts/lib/image/canned-wks/mkefidisk.wks /dev/sdb
$ sudo dd if=/var/tmp/wic/build/mkefidisk-201310230946-sda.direct of=/dev/sd<replaceable>X</replaceable>
</literallayout>
<note>
For more information on how to use the
<filename>bmap-tool</filename> to flash a device
<filename>bmaptool</filename> to flash a device
with an image, see the
"<link linkend='flashing-images-using-bmap-tool'>Flashing Images Using <filename>bmap-tool</filename></link>"
"<link linkend='flashing-images-using-bmaptool'>Flashing Images Using <filename>bmaptool</filename></link>"
section.
</note>
</para>

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</para>
</section>
<section id='flashing-images-using-bmap-tool'>
<title>Flashing Images Using <filename>bmap-tool</filename></title>
<section id='flashing-images-using-bmaptool'>
<title>Flashing Images Using <filename>bmaptool</filename></title>
<para>
An easy way to flash an image to a bootable device is to use
<filename>bmap-tool</filename>, which is integrated into the
<filename>bmaptool</filename>, which is integrated into the
OpenEmbedded build system.
</para>
<para>
Following, is an example that shows how to flash a Wic image.
<note>
You can use <filename>bmap-tool</filename> to flash any
You can use <filename>bmaptool</filename> to flash any
type of image.
</note>
Use these steps to flash an image using
<filename>bmap-tool</filename>:
<filename>bmaptool</filename>:
<note>
Unless you are able to install the
<filename>bmap-tools</filename> package as mentioned in the note
in the second bullet of step 3 further down, you will need to build
<filename>bmaptool</filename> before using it.
Build the tool using the following command:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ bitbake bmap-tools-native
</literallayout>
</note>
<orderedlist>
<listitem><para>
Add the following to your <filename>local.conf</filename>
file:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
IMAGE_FSTYPES += "WIC WIC.BMAP"
IMAGE_FSTYPES += "wic wic.bmap"
</literallayout>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
@ -361,33 +371,35 @@
</literallayout>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Flash the image to the media by using the
<filename>bmap-tool</filename> depending on your particular
Flash the image to the media by using
<filename>bmaptool</filename> depending on your particular
setup:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
If you have write access, use this command form:
If you have write access to the media,
use this command form:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ oe-run-native bmap-tool copy ./tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-<replaceable>machine</replaceable>.wic /dev/sd<replaceable>X</replaceable>
$ oe-run-native bmaptool copy ./tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-<replaceable>machine</replaceable>.wic /dev/sd<replaceable>X</replaceable>
</literallayout>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
If you do not have write access, use the following
If you do not have write access to
the media, use the following
commands:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ sudo bash
$ PATH=tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/bin/ bmaptool copy ./tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-<replaceable>machine</replaceable>.wic /dev/sd<replaceable>X</replaceable>
</literallayout>
<note>
If you are using Ubuntu 16.10 or Debian,
you can install
<filename>bmaptool</filename> using the
If you are using Ubuntu or Debian distributions,
you can install the
<filename>bmap-tools</filename> package using the
following command and then use the tool
without specifying
<filename>PATH</filename> even from the
root account:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ sudo apt-get install bmap-tool
$ sudo apt-get install bmap-tools
</literallayout>
</note>
</para></listitem>
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</para>
<para>
For help on the <filename>bmaptool</filename> command, use
<filename>bmaptool --help</filename>:
For help on the <filename>bmaptool</filename> command, use either of
the following commands:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ bmaptool --help
usage: bmaptool [-h] [--version] [-q] [-d] {create,copy} ...
Create block map (bmap) and copy files using bmap. The documentation can be
found here: source.tizen.org/documentation/reference/bmaptool
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--version show program's version number and exit
-q, --quiet be quiet
-d, --debug print debugging information
subcommands:
{create,copy}
create generate bmap for an image file (which should be a sparse
file)
copy write an image to a block device using bmap
$ oe-run-native bmaptool --help
</literallayout>
</para>
</section>