From patchwork Wed Oct 21 12:52:35 2026 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Andrej Kozemcak X-Patchwork-Id: 101619 Received: from mta-65-227.siemens.flowmailer.net (mta-65-227.siemens.flowmailer.net [185.136.65.227]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc01-g2.10513.1792587163160253853 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:52:44 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=andrej.kozemcak@siemens.com header.s=fm2 header.b=mTtRpIak; spf=pass (domain: rts-flowmailer.siemens.com, ip: 185.136.65.227, mailfrom: fm-1334352-202610211252394a184405cc00020731-wecvb0@rts-flowmailer.siemens.com) Received: by mta-65-227.siemens.flowmailer.net with ESMTPSA id 202610211252394a184405cc00020731 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:52:40 +0200 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; s=fm2; d=siemens.com; i=andrej.kozemcak@siemens.com; h=Date:From:Subject:To:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc; bh=UAKWPw3Lj40scbn0g9i3L/F0jtPpnBgf3COQjCE/Pho=; b=mTtRpIakSCi/TdIeocYRjUqJfbEBNlwXwZQjloAqdJ6wTD9/mzzhW5fXuOY0z1czuREDV2 Y/0ctmJiDGSY3boCuBK6e15NsAJ5D0Yhaab3tf/PttaaXBz1EkxgxMqvQLPp0vrSaSbarJBv VuCewom6sSffhFvEqfhpl2NKAHfTgspWf+SamtIJrDXZ1EbHC1s5KdNtSWBvqV9XiFNcl+Fw mOVJXiTLyg1aDsbpe4foEO4lAA17JbOOUFluKQxVSBfLYYWlKD/2yJLbit0tmbWYWfS9JwGw fA5YkqcCMyZiKK4PV4AmvE6wPBS98xI8ca4apCNIuYw4Xa0/ORsQoTJA==; From: Andrej Kozemcak To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org Cc: Andrej Kozemcak Subject: [PATCH v2] ref-manual/variables.rst: document the QB_FSINFO variable Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:52:35 +0200 Message-ID: <20261021125235.2954-1-andrej.kozemcak@siemens.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Flowmailer-Platform: Siemens Feedback-ID: 519:519-1334352:519-21489:flowmailer List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by lin-tor-korg-lkml-alma10-1 with HTTPS for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:52:54 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/10707 Added by commit b6c78bddf3 ("runqemu: support rootfs-dbg flag in QB_FSINFO") in OE-Core. Add documentation for the QB_FSINFO variable, which provides additional filesystem metadata to runqemu as a space-separated list of fstype:flag entries, covering WIC kernel-in-fs options and tar rootfs-dbg handling. Signed-off-by: Andrej Kozemcak --- documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index 5339721f4..c79d58954 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -8205,6 +8205,30 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. filesystem image extension found in :term:`DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE`. For example: ``ext4.zst``. + :term:`QB_FSINFO` + + The :term:`QB_FSINFO` variable provides additional filesystem metadata to + ``runqemu`` as a space-separated list of ``fstype:flag`` entries. For + example:: + + QB_FSINFO = "wic:no-kernel-in-fs tar:rootfs-dbg" + + The currently supported ``fstype`` and ``flag`` entries are: + + - ``wic``: + + - ``no-kernel-in-fs``: Specifies that the kernel is not included in + the WIC image. In this case, ``runqemu`` loads the kernel separately. + + - ``kernel-in-fs``: Specifies that the kernel is included in the + WIC image. In this case, ``runqemu`` does not load a separate kernel. + + - ``tar``: + + - ``rootfs-dbg``: Makes ``runqemu`` use the debug root filesystem + image when extracting a tarball for NFS by appending ``-dbg`` to + :term:`IMAGE_LINK_NAME`. + :term:`QB_DEFAULT_KERNEL` When using ``runqemu``, the :term:`QB_DEFAULT_KERNEL` variable controls