Hello
as mentioned in the data sheet the wp7607 flash size is 256MB
however, the root FS size as defined by Yocto is ~40MB, how can I expend the FS size?
how much space is actually available on the wp7607?
additionally, I noticed that modifying the partitions is not supported by the wp7607 (a post from 12.17)
is there any update on that issue?
I don’t see there is way to resize the partitions now…
But in case you want to include more file in FS, you can try modifying ./meta-swi/meta-swi-mdm9x28/conf/machine/swi-mdm9x28.conf ? (parameter UBI_ROOTFS_SIZE)
I did that and I succeed in creating a larger FS
but, without the option to modify partition sizes, when I flash that image the device stops functioning properly (legato components do not function well)
this is well understood since I “overrun” existing functionality
please advice how it’s possible to use a larger FS
thank you
The UBIFS size is something a bit from the past, as we are currently not using the generated ubifs rootfs (which has a static size) and use a squashfs rootfs instead (dynamic size, compressed and read-only).
The flash layout is fixed on wp76, so it is not possible to resize the rootfs partition once the max is reached. The system can be extended through Legato applications, and/or by putting content in bigger partitions such as /mnt/flash.
Overall we recommend the rootfs to remain small for security reason.
I understand.
but in my case, for example I would like to include ffmpeg to the Yocto build, now image created is bigger then UBI_ROOTFS_SIZE so image is not getting built.
however if I resize parameter UBI_ROOTFS_SIZE, image can be built.
how else can I accomplish including more packages to the Yocto build ?
not sure if you can remove some packages so that you can run your yocto.
e.g. ./meta-swi/meta-swi-mdm9x28/recipes-core/images/mdm9x28-image.inc
And since you’re unlikely to use the ubifs image, you can disable it’s generation by commenting out the 2 lines in meta-swi/meta-swi-mdm9x28/conf/machine/swi-mdm9x28.conf:
# Add ubifs file system
IMAGE_FSTYPES += "2k.ubifs"
IMAGE_FSTYPES += "4k.ubifs"
So after it should look like:
# Add ubifs file system
#IMAGE_FSTYPES += "2k.ubifs"
#IMAGE_FSTYPES += "4k.ubifs"
You might also need to edit meta-swi/meta-swi-mdm9x28/recipes-core/images/mdm9x28-image.inc to change
for rootfs_type in ubifs squashfs; do
by
for rootfs_type in ubifs; do
while it does solves the error in build issue, when I flash 'yocto_wp76xx.4k.cwe" the wp76xx still starting to experience “strage” behaviour, that is because of course the on-board partitioning does not support the image size
please advice
I can not be limited with the rootFS size to 38MB only
I want to make sure, after performing the steps you described:
modify: meta-swi/meta-swi-mdm9x28/conf/machine/swi-mdm9x28.conf
modify: meta-swi/meta-swi-mdm9x28/recipes-core/images/mdm9x28-image.inc
do I still download the image: yocto_wp76xx.4k.cwe ?
if I would like to go in the path of removing existing Yocto packages (still a risk, since it means I always need to fear to reach the maximum limit)
can you recommend of large packages I can remove (for example I do not need python support)
since ffmpeg is quite large
thank you