Re: [OE-core] unwanted linux kernel image added to /boot directory

["Denys Dmytriyenko" <denis@denix.org>]

On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 04:49:34PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 4:40 PM Scott Branden via
> lists.openembedded.org
> <scott.branden=broadcom.com@lists.openembedded.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > There seems to be a problem when a kernel module is added to an initramfs 
> > image.
> >
> > As soon as I add a recipe which installs an external kernel module into an 
> > initramfs image it automatically installs the linux kernel image in a 
> > /boot directory.
> >
> > This is really bad as it increases the size of the initramfs image.
> >
> > /boot/Image should not be installed in the image when an external kernel 
> > module is added to an image.
> >
> > Can someone suggest a fix to this issue?
> >
> 
> try
> 
> IMAGE_INSTALL_remove = "kernel-image-${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}"

Kernel image won't be in IMAGE_INSTALL list, but rather in rdeps chain.


> or set
> 
> KERNEL_IMAGE = ""

No such variable.


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