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

[ChenQi]

On 11/23/2013 06:32 AM, Andrea Adami wrote:
> 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)

What I want to do here is to trigger building of kernel when building 
out an image. I'm not proposing to make all images have kernel -modules 
installed.

> It has always been like this: if one needs the kernel and the modules
> can add that in his machine.conf.

Previously, the kernel is built out by default because 
packagegroup-core-boot has a dependency on it. Now the dependency is gone.

I'm not talking about installing kernel modules onto images.

Best Regards,
Chen Qi

> For more demanding tasks, the next logical step is core-image-base.
>
>
> My 2 cents
>
> Andrea
>
>
>
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