[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] package/bmap-tools: new package
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com
Sat Oct 26 17:32:41 UTC 2019
On Sat, 26 Oct 2019 14:41:18 +0000
Nicolas Carrier <nicolas.carrier at orolia.com> wrote:
> + Tool to flash image files to block devices using the block map
> + bmaptool is a generic tool for creating the block map (bmap)
> + for a file, and copying files using the block map. The idea is
> + that large file containing unused blocks, like raw system
> + image files, can be copied or flashed a lot faster with
> + bmaptool than with traditional tools like "dd" or "cp".
Another question is that you're packaging this for the target, but it
sounds like a tool that would be mainly useful on the host to
prepare/flash a SD card. Do you have a use case for having this tool on
the target ?
Thomas
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