Re: [OE-core][PATCH] qemu.inc: add virtio input in required dependencies

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, 2022-10-18 at 11:32 +0200, Thomas Perrot via
lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> From: Thomas Perrot <thomas.perrot@bootlin.com>
> 
> Otherwise, it isn't possible to interact with the UI of images
> that provide graphic support.
> 
> This issue only occurs when NO_RECOMMENDATIONS = "1" for Qemu
> targets which are kernel-modules in MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Perrot <thomas.perrot@bootlin.com>
> ---
>  meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
> index 0d71bcbbad0d..dabe7ed8f386 100644
> --- a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
> +++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
> @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ XSERVER ?= "xserver-xorg \
>              xf86-video-fbdev \
>              "
>  
> +MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "kernel-module-virtio-input"
> +
>  MACHINE_FEATURES = "alsa bluetooth usbgadget screen vfat"
>  
>  MACHINEOVERRIDES =. "qemuall:"

This will fail if the kernel has the module built in - kernel modules
are always recommends for that reason. We'll have to find a different
solution I'm afraid.

Cheers,

Richard