[OE-core] [PATCH v2] kernel-module-split: rrecommend kernel-image instead of rdepend

[Andre McCurdy]

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Paul Barker <pbarker at toganlabs.com> wrote:
>
> This breaks the method described in the kernel dev FAQ to omit the
> kernel image from the rootfs which is to set the following in a conf
> file:
>
>     RDEPENDS_kernel-base = ""
>
> See http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.3.1/kernel-dev/kernel-dev.html#idm45690538384880.
>
> By recommending kernel-image directly instead of recommending the
> top-level kernel-<version> package which was actually removed from
> extra_depends, we skip the inclusion of the kernel-base package. I'm
> not familiar enough with the details of kernel module loading to know
> if the 2 files in kernel-base (modules.builtin and modules.order) are
> strictly needed but I think they should at least be included in via
> recommendation.
>
> As we already have a documented way to omit the kernel image, can we
> revert this?

I think reverting would be preferred. I have multiple machine configs
etc which rely on the existing approach.

> As an alternative I can send in a patch which changes the recommend to
> the top-level kernel-<version> package instead of kernel-image.
>
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> Paul Barker
> Togán Labs Ltd
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