<para>
Specifes the format of the root filesystem create by
the OpenEmbedded build system.
- Valid types include but are not limited to the following:
- <literallayout class='monospaced'>
- jffs2
- sum.jffs2
- cramfs
- ext2
- ext2.gz
- ext2.bz2
- ext3
- ext3.gz
- ext2.lzma
- btrfs
- live
- squashfs
- squashfs-xz
- ubi
- ubifs
- tar
- tar.gz
- tar.bz2
- tar.xz
- cpio
- cpio.gz
- cpio.xz
- cpio.lzma
- vmdk
- elf
- </literallayout>
- For more information on how these types of images, see
- <filename>meta/classes/image_types*.bbclass</filename>
- in the
- <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>.
+ Available formats are a subset of the
+ supported images listed in
+ <link linkend='var-IMAGE_TYPES'><filename>IMAGE_TYPES</filename></link>.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<para>
Specifes the type of image created by the OpenEmbedded
build system.
- Valid types include but are not limited to the following:
+ Here are the supported image types:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
jffs2
sum.jffs2