[OE-core] Including the kernel in the image

[Koen Kooi]

Op 28 feb. 2012, om 16:48 heeft Paul Eggleton het volgende geschreven:

> Hi all,
> 
> For some boot configurations (e.g. kexecboot) having the kernel binary in the 
> image is required. In OE Classic, task-boot used to always include the kernel 
> binary in the image (via RRECOMMENDS, so it could be uninstalled). We don't 
> currently have this in OE-Core and I was wondering what the new preferred way 
> to have this done would be.

As long as the solution doesn't end up with the FILES_kernel = "" crap we had in OE-classic.


> Obviously we could go and add it to various images or even to task-core-boot 
> again but I'm not sure that's ideal. Wanting the kernel in the image is really 
> machine-specific (or to be precise, boot method specific); so I'm wondering if 
> adding it to MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS for all machines likely to 
> need it is the right thing to do?

I think so, maybe that will get people motivated to make BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS work with all package formats :)

regards,

Koen