[oe] Kernel modules

[Graeme Gregory]

Ihar Hrachyshka wrote:
> On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Koen Kooi <k.kooi at student.utwente.nl> wrote:
>   
>> On 16-05-09 23:38, Cliff Brake wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 5:21 AM, G. Eismann<g.eismann at gmx.net>  wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> BTW, is there any way to install the modules but not the kernel image?
>>>> I have the kernel in a separate partition, so I don't need it into the
>>>> rootfs.
>>>>         
>>> One way is to put the following in the kernel recipe:
>>>
>>> FILES_kernel-image_<machine_name>  = ""
>>>       
>> Please don't do that, it breaks all sorts of things, one of which is field
>> upgrades.
>>     
>
> Your suggestion?
>
>   
As nothing depends on kernel-image other than kernel I would suggest
breaking this dependency. Then if you want the image of the kernel on
your rootfs you can explicitly depend on kernel-image in a task.

Graeme