[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] image.bbclass: depends on virtual/kernel

[Andrea Adami]

On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Otavio Salvador
<otavio at ossystems.com.br> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 3:39 AM,  <Qi.Chen at windriver.com> wrote:
>> From: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen at windriver.com>
>>
>> Add 'virtual/kernel' to DEPENDS in image.bbclass so that the kernel
>> can get built by default. Otherwise, the kernel will not get built
>> unless it's required by other packages like v86d. As a result, if
>> we build 'core-image-minimal' for qemumips, the kernel is not built,
>> and we have 'bitbake linux-yocto' before we can use runqemu to start
>> the target.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen at windriver.com>
>
> If I have a board without modules there's no need to have the depends.
> Why you need this?
>

The first quenstion in my mind when I read the post:

Odd...wasn't core-image-minimal purposedly lean, mutilated and without
kernel modules ?
(Not that really 'used' it, just booted 'cause was small and could
always fit on nand/nor)

It has always been like this: if one needs the kernel and the modules
can add that in his machine.conf.
For more demanding tasks, the next logical step is core-image-base.


My 2 cents

Andrea



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