[OE-core] krogoth's core-image-minimal is much bigger than jethro's

[Gary Thomas]

On 2016-05-13 09:23, Robert Yang wrote:
>
>
> On 05/13/2016 03:07 PM, Andrea Adami wrote:
>> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Robert Yang <liezhi.yang at windriver.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> * For ext4:
>>>    11M -> 26M
>>>    The similar to vmdk, qcow2 and iso.
>>>
>>> * For tar.bz2:
>>>    2.7M -> 4.5M
>>>
>>> The main problem is eudev-hwdb which would be 12M after installed, jethro
>>> doesn't use this, but udev by default, and it's gone in krogoth.
>>> $ du -sh core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/rootfs/etc/udev/*
>>> 0        core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/rootfs/etc/udev/cache.data
>>> 6.4M     core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/rootfs/etc/udev/hwdb.bin
>>> 5.2M     core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/rootfs/etc/udev/hwdb.d
>>> 8.0K     core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/rootfs/etc/udev/rules.d
>>> 4.0K     core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/rootfs/etc/udev/udev.conf
>>>
>>> Is there an easier way to fix this problem, please ? It's not a good
>>> news for the user who uses core-imag-minimal/udev when they want to
>>> upgrade to krogoth. And this would hurt the small device which uses
>>> udev.
>>>
>>
>> Somehow we have to explicitely opt-out:
>>
>> +BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS += "eudev-hwdb"
>
> Does udev still work without eudev-hwdb, please ?

Yes, it works fine, even with hotplug devices.

>
> // Robert
>
>>
>> IMHO for embedded devices it would be better to disable by default and
>> let the distro/machine add a specific RRECOMMEND.
>>
>> Regards
>> Andrea
>>
>>>
>>> The conf is:
>>> MACHINE = "qemux86-64"
>>> DISTRO = "poky"
>>> PACKAGE_CLASSES = "package_rpm"
>>> EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES = "debug-tweaks"
>>> USER_CLASSES = "buildstats image-mklibs"
>>>
>>> $ bitbake core-image-minimal
>>>
>>> For jethro:
>>> $ ls -lh core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061306.rootfs.ext4
>>> 11M  core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061306.rootfs.ext4
>>> $ du -sh core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061306.rootfs.ext4
>>> 7.9M core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061306.rootfs.ext4
>>>
>>> For krogoth:
>>>
>>> $ ls -lh core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061459.rootfs.ext4
>>> 26M core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061459.rootfs.ext4
>>>
>>> $ du -sh core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061459.rootfs.ext4
>>> core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061459.rootfs.ext4
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Robert
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>>


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