[Buildroot] Improper device nodes createdinside project_build_arm/uclibc/root/dev/

[Ulf Samuelsson]

> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 09:14:16AM +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>> >>>>> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <hamish at cloud.net.au> writes:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>>  >> If this is what it is suppose to do, then how to mount the same for NFS
>>  >> boot. 
>> 
>>  Hamish> You could mount a generated image file somewhere via the loopback
>>  Hamish> device. Then you would have the devices that are in the image. ext2
>>  Hamish> would be a good choice. Do you want to write back to the root or not?
>> 
>>  Hamish> Alternatively you could add a new target output format for NFS root.
>> 
>> We already have that - tarball creation.
> 
> Good point. So, Hebbar: just use the tarball target, and extract it somewhere
> (as root) for use by your target system. Don't mount the
> buildroot/project_build.../.../root directory directly as it won't
> contain the real devices.
> 


Maybe we should have a configuration item allowing this to happen
automatically using "sudo".

I guess, in that case, we should have another 
configuration item (defaulting to no) which enables use of "sudo".

If we decide to do this, then I think that we need to be pretty
careful so we do not allow to untar in the host "/" directory or 
other directories which will destroy the host installation.

Maybe we should only allow it to be in "~/.buildroot/<project>/root".

Opinions?

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