12.6. Image Generation

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Figure 12.5 Image Generation with Details 1/2

Once packages are split and stored in the Package Feeds, the build system uses BitBake to generate the root filesystem image. The do_rootfs task creates the root filesystem for an image.

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Figure 12.6 Image Generation with Details 2/2

The final stages of the do_rootfs task handle post processing, includes creation of a manifest file and optimizations. After this, processing begins on the image through the do_image task and dynamically created tasks as needed by the image types; ends with do_image_complete.