.. _deploy_to_usb:

to: usb
*******

.. # not available yet .. seealso:: :ref:`secondary_media_example`

.. there are no example test jobs for this action.

Deploy unchanged images to secondary USB media. Any bootloader inside the image
will **not** be used. Instead, the files needed for the boot are specified in
the deployment. The entire physical device is available to the secondary
deployment. Secondary relates to the expected requirement of a primary boot
(e.g. ramdisk or NFS) which provides a suitable working environment to deploy
the image directly to the secondary device. See :ref:`secondary_media`.

Not all devices support USB media.

The test writer needs to provide the following information about the image:

.. index:: secondary media usb kernel

.. _deploy_to_usb_kernel:

kernel *
========

* **kernel**: The path, within the image, to the kernel which
  will be used by the bootloader.

.. index:: secondary media usb ramdisk

.. _deploy_to_usb_ramdisk:

ramdisk
=======

* **ramdisk**: (optional). If used, must be a path, within the
  image, which the bootloader can use.

.. index:: secondary media usb dtb

.. _deploy_to_usb_dtb:

dtb *
=====

* **dtb**: The path, within the image, to the dtb which will be used by the
  bootloader.

.. index:: secondary media usb uuid

.. _deploy_to_usb_uuid:

UUID *
======

* **UUID**: The UUID of the partition which contains the root filesystem of the
  booted image.

.. index:: secondary media usb boot_part

.. _deploy_to_usb_boot_part:

boot_part *
===========

* **boot_part**: the partition on the media from which the bootloader can read
  the kernel, ramdisk & dtb.

.. note:: If the image mounts the boot partition at a mounpoint below the root
   directory of the image, the path to files within that partition must **not**
   include that mountpoint. The bootloader will read the files directly from
   the partition.

The UUID can be obtained by writing the image to local media and checking the
contents of ``/dev/disk/by-uuid``

The ramdisk may need adjustment for some bootloaders (like U-Boot), so mount
the local media and use something like::

 mkimage -A arm -T ramdisk -C none -d /mnt/boot/init.. /mnt/boot/init..u-boot
