[OE-core] [PATCH V1 1/3] kernel.bbclass: do not install initramfs bundled kernel image

[Ming Liu]

Hi, Bruce:

I had sent out another 0/N thread as you requested, please ignore this
thread then.

the best,
thank you

2016-01-04 15:58 GMT+01:00 Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com>:

> On 15-12-30 04:19 PM, Ming Liu wrote:
>
>> From: Ming Liu <peter.x.liu at external.atlascopco.com>
>>
>> It makes no sense to install a initramfs bundled kernel image since
>> do_package does not depend on do_bundle_initramfs at all, otherwise, it
>> leads to a impicit kernel-image package depending on do_package run before
>> or after do_bundle_initramfs.
>>
>
> It may just be the holiday break that has me thinking slower than
> normal .. but I'm missing an overall description of the problem you are
> trying to solve with this series, and also a writeup of how the new
> implementation works.
>
> Can you re-submit this with a 0/N that describes the issue with the
> current implementation, and how this series solves it .. and then
> perhaps the individual patches will make more sense.
>
> We were able to bundle in the past, but the message I'm getting from
> the commit messages is that something fundamental isn't working, but
> I can't quite put the whole picture together without some more context.
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
>
>> Signed-off-by: Ming Liu <peter.x.liu at external.atlascopco.com>
>> ---
>>   meta/classes/kernel.bbclass | 4 ----
>>   1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
>> index 4ce1611..d1ca614 100644
>> --- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
>> +++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
>> @@ -179,10 +179,6 @@ do_bundle_initramfs () {
>>                 kernel_do_compile
>>                 mv -f ${KERNEL_OUTPUT} ${KERNEL_OUTPUT}.initramfs
>>                 mv -f ${KERNEL_OUTPUT}.bak ${KERNEL_OUTPUT}
>> -               # Update install area
>> -               echo "There is kernel image bundled with initramfs:
>> ${B}/${KERNEL_OUTPUT}.initramfs"
>> -               install -m 0644 ${B}/${KERNEL_OUTPUT}.initramfs
>> ${D}/boot/${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}-initramfs-${MACHINE}.bin
>> -               echo "${B}/${KERNEL_OUTPUT}.initramfs"
>>         fi
>>   }
>>
>>
>>
>
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