From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [216.168.135.169] (helo=starfish.geekisp.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KESWp-0007y0-0s for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:23:31 +0200 Received: (qmail 3971 invoked by uid 1003); 3 Jul 2008 17:20:04 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO localhost.localdomain) (philip@opensdr.com@127.0.0.1) by mail.geekisp.com with SMTP; 3 Jul 2008 17:20:03 -0000 Message-ID: <486D0A40.9050608@balister.org> Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:20:00 -0400 From: Philip Balister User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: <4861533F.7020906@balister.org><440abda90806291608g2b4bdfbp71ed039b167e9aa9@mail.gmail.com><486A73F5.2010906@balister.org> <1CADFA951940554D86FBD8B24BBFF3A0018FA35F@LONMLVEM08.e2k.ad.ge.com> In-Reply-To: <1CADFA951940554D86FBD8B24BBFF3A0018FA35F@LONMLVEM08.e2k.ad.ge.com> Subject: Re: Building a rootfs, without building a kernel X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:23:31 -0000 X-Groupsio-MsgNum: 5470 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="------------ms090402080205020605040405" --------------ms090402080205020605040405 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Welch, Martyn (GE EntSol, Intelligent Platforms) wrote: > Ben Lau wrote: >>> Possibly, we should create a dummy kernel bb file since this may be >>> the best solution for the general case of people building images >>> without a working kernel bb file. >>> >>> Philip >>> >> I am not quite understand why OpenEmbedded force to generate kernel >> and the dependence would force it to be installed in the user land. As >> the kernel is usually installed on another partition. It should not be >> a part of the file system image. >> > > But any drivers, etc. built as modules would need to be included in the > system's image and that at least would be a dependence. Agreed. The image recipes have most modules included as RECOMMENDS so the image builds even if the module is not present. The technique I am using is for cases when you need a rootfs, before you have a working kernel recipe. You can copy the modules onto the rootfs if needed. 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