On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Paul Barker <pbar...@toganlabs.com> wrote: > > This breaks the method described in the kernel dev FAQ to omit the > kernel image from the rootfs which is to set the following in a conf > file: > > RDEPENDS_kernel-base = "" > > See > http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.3.1/kernel-dev/kernel-dev.html#idm45690538384880. > > By recommending kernel-image directly instead of recommending the > top-level kernel-<version> package which was actually removed from > extra_depends, we skip the inclusion of the kernel-base package. I'm > not familiar enough with the details of kernel module loading to know > if the 2 files in kernel-base (modules.builtin and modules.order) are > strictly needed but I think they should at least be included in via > recommendation. > > As we already have a documented way to omit the kernel image, can we > revert this?
I think reverting would be preferred. I have multiple machine configs etc which rely on the existing approach. > As an alternative I can send in a patch which changes the recommend to > the top-level kernel-<version> package instead of kernel-image. > > -- > Paul Barker > Togán Labs Ltd > -- > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-core mailing list > Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org > http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
