[OE-core] How to include fitImage-initramfs in rootfs image

[Robert Yang]

Hi Richard.L,

On 1/24/19 3:09 PM, Richard Leitner wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm currently facing issues on how to include a fitImage with devicetrees and a 
> INITRAMFS_IMAGE in my rootfs image.
> 
> My config is something like:
> 
> KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "fitImage"
> KERNEL_CLASSES  = "kernel-fitimage"
> KERNEL_DEVICETREE = "a.dtb b.dtb c.dtb"
> INITRAMFS_IMAGE = "initramfs-mine"
> 
> To include the "normal" fitImage without the initramfs in the rootfs the 
> following works:
> 
> IMAGE_INSTALL_append += " kernel-image"
> 
> 
> When digging around a little bit I found that the fitImage-initramfs-mine is
> deployed to tmp/deploy/images but there's no package including that file.

fitImage-initramfs-mine is an image, so it is not in any package, it is
handled by kernel.bbclass, you can check it for more info.

// Robert

> 
> Therefore I'm unable to include it via IMAGE_INSTALL.
> 
> Am I missing something?
> Is anybody of you aware of a solution?
> Does kernel-fitimage and kernel.bbclass offer this at all?
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
> 
> regards;Richard.L