From 1737c4e1d6fceedd8b6c4517ab0c0f6b045bbefd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yoann Congal Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:02:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] migration-guides/release-notes-5.3: using runqemu with compressed images In OE-core commits: * b5f8c3e029 (selftest: runqemu: add tests for booting zst compressed image, 2025-07-31) * e069fe2480 (runqemu: Add support for running compressed .zst rootfs images, 2025-07-31) runqemu gained the ability to run compressed image (+associated test). Add this information to the release-notes for 5.3. (From yocto-docs rev: f268c1b649227d533d02e1a6df797b784fcf80de) Signed-off-by: Yoann Congal Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst index 0ff3883bf0..417087e352 100644 --- a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst +++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst @@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ New Features / Enhancements in |yocto-ver| machine's CPU must also be recent enough to support these instructions natively. + - ``runqemu`` can now run compressed images with snapshot mode. For example, + with ``IMAGE_FSTYPES = "... ext4.zst ..."``, you can run:: + + runqemu snapshot ext4.zst + - Documentation changes: - Part of :term:`BitBake` internals are now documented at @@ -445,6 +450,8 @@ New Features / Enhancements in |yocto-ver| - ``context.py``: use :term:`TEST_SUITES` if set. + - ``runqemu``: add new test for booting compressed images. + - :ref:`ref-classes-testexport`: capture all tests and data from all layers (instead of the :term:`OpenEmbedded-Core (OE-Core)` layer only).