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authorJames Thomas <james.thomas@codethink.co.uk>2016-01-13 14:09:58 +0000
committerPedro Alvarez <pedro.alvarez@codethink.co.uk>2016-02-25 14:10:48 +0000
commitc2795dc49cae7a58c9e2bbfe5d8955999619eaa3 (patch)
treea2c97db08e74d5f7a6d70163c07f4225cf53bd65
parent85716982b15829e19634ed2af65c9231a752ea7b (diff)
downloaddefinitions-c2795dc49cae7a58c9e2bbfe5d8955999619eaa3.tar.gz
Move extlinux.conf to /extlinux/
U-boot's sysboot command generally looks for the config in /extlinux rather than /, so move it there and create a symlink to maintain comptability with syslinux Change-Id: I19173e284993f364cc8892ba44b8f5d7bc394ec3
-rw-r--r--extensions/writeexts.py10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/extensions/writeexts.py b/extensions/writeexts.py
index a135eadb..647f3742 100644
--- a/extensions/writeexts.py
+++ b/extensions/writeexts.py
@@ -754,7 +754,15 @@ class WriteExtension(Extension):
'''
self.status(msg='Creating extlinux.conf')
- config = os.path.join(real_root, 'extlinux.conf')
+ # To be compatible with u-boot, create the extlinux.conf file in
+ # /extlinux/ rather than /
+ # Syslinux, however, requires this to be in /, so create a symlink
+ # as well
+ config_path = os.path.join(real_root, 'extlinux')
+ os.makedirs(config_path)
+ config = os.path.join(config_path, 'extlinux.conf')
+ os.symlink('extlinux/extlinux.conf', os.path.join(real_root,
+ 'extlinux.conf'))
''' Please also update the documentation in the following files
if you change these default kernel args: