[oe-issues] [Bug 1719] RFC: Replace FILES_kernel-image = "" hacks with rootfs postprocessing command to remove zImage

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http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1719


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------- Comment #2 from openembedded at hrw.one.pl  2006-12-29 01:55 -------
Please attach solution instead of workaround patch. Kernel files needs to be
removed before image will get build so pkg_postinst() could be used - otherwise
users which will update their systems will get useless files in /boot/
directory. 

We need solution to create *EMPTY* kernel-image packages - current way was
created by me for collie kernel few years ago and is used in many meta/*
recipes to get empty packages.

Keep in mind rootfs limitations for machines like collie, poodle, tosa, c700,
c750 which have rootfs smaller then 24M and each extra megabyte can make device
unusable because jffs2 need ~1M of free space to be usable. Many users of such
hardware have ~1M free so installing newer kernel-image package would kill
their palmtops.

Linksys WRT54 which is 'supported' in OE has only 4M of flash space and kernel
is in separated part of flash. Installing *ANY* not needed big file can kill
this device in very easy way.


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