Bug 7661 - Feature request: Add ability to generate VirtualBox .vdi images
Summary: Feature request: Add ability to generate VirtualBox .vdi images
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 7374
Alias: None
Product: BitBake
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: bitbake (show other bugs)
Version: 1.8.1
Hardware: All Multiple
: Undecided enhancement
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Assignee: Richard Purdie
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Reported: 2015-04-24 16:57 UTC by Ulf Hofemeier
Modified: 2015-04-28 20:31 UTC (History)
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Documentation change: Yes (doc changes required)


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Description Ulf Hofemeier 2015-04-24 16:57:36 UTC
Introduce a bitbake argument and class file that allows VirtualBox Image generation.

Running in a Virtual Machine is a very interesting and appealing value proposition for a number of reasons such as:
 * Preferred option for many for a quick test drive
 * No dedicated HW needed
 * VirtualBox runs on Windows, Mac, Linux
 * Very little upfront investment needed
 * Quick and easy to set-up in hours or less than half a day)
 * Any machine (laptop, desktop) will do
 * Allows to scale development teams to hundreds without the need for each      developer to have access to the target HW
Comment 1 Saul Wold 2015-04-28 20:31:13 UTC
We already have a plan for this in 1.9

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 7374 ***