From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.analogue-micro.com (mail.analogue-micro.com [217.144.149.242]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C456F70101 for ; Fri, 13 May 2016 07:46:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.analogue-micro.com (Postfix, from userid 999) id 5EA2368A01A; Fri, 13 May 2016 08:47:00 +0100 (BST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on loki.analogue-micro-ltd.com X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.7 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_40, DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 Received: from zeus.mlbassoc.com (unknown [10.8.0.2]) by mail.analogue-micro.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B08DC68A019; Fri, 13 May 2016 08:46:59 +0100 (BST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by zeus.mlbassoc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74FAB67400A0; Fri, 13 May 2016 09:46:59 +0200 (CEST) To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org References: <573578BA.80207@windriver.com> <573580E5.7090404@windriver.com> From: Gary Thomas Message-ID: <57358673.3030701@mlbassoc.com> Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 09:46:59 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.7.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <573580E5.7090404@windriver.com> Subject: Re: krogoth's core-image-minimal is much bigger than jethro's X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 07:47:00 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 2016-05-13 09:23, Robert Yang wrote: > > > On 05/13/2016 03:07 PM, Andrea Adami wrote: >> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Robert Yang wrote: >>> >>> * For ext4: >>> 11M -> 26M >>> The similar to vmdk, qcow2 and iso. >>> >>> * For tar.bz2: >>> 2.7M -> 4.5M >>> >>> The main problem is eudev-hwdb which would be 12M after installed, jethro >>> doesn't use this, but udev by default, and it's gone in krogoth. >>> $ du -sh core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/rootfs/etc/udev/* >>> 0 core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/rootfs/etc/udev/cache.data >>> 6.4M core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/rootfs/etc/udev/hwdb.bin >>> 5.2M core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/rootfs/etc/udev/hwdb.d >>> 8.0K core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/rootfs/etc/udev/rules.d >>> 4.0K core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/rootfs/etc/udev/udev.conf >>> >>> Is there an easier way to fix this problem, please ? It's not a good >>> news for the user who uses core-imag-minimal/udev when they want to >>> upgrade to krogoth. And this would hurt the small device which uses >>> udev. >>> >> >> Somehow we have to explicitely opt-out: >> >> +BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS += "eudev-hwdb" > > Does udev still work without eudev-hwdb, please ? Yes, it works fine, even with hotplug devices. > > // Robert > >> >> IMHO for embedded devices it would be better to disable by default and >> let the distro/machine add a specific RRECOMMEND. >> >> Regards >> Andrea >> >>> >>> The conf is: >>> MACHINE = "qemux86-64" >>> DISTRO = "poky" >>> PACKAGE_CLASSES = "package_rpm" >>> EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES = "debug-tweaks" >>> USER_CLASSES = "buildstats image-mklibs" >>> >>> $ bitbake core-image-minimal >>> >>> For jethro: >>> $ ls -lh core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061306.rootfs.ext4 >>> 11M core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061306.rootfs.ext4 >>> $ du -sh core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061306.rootfs.ext4 >>> 7.9M core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061306.rootfs.ext4 >>> >>> For krogoth: >>> >>> $ ls -lh core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061459.rootfs.ext4 >>> 26M core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061459.rootfs.ext4 >>> >>> $ du -sh core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061459.rootfs.ext4 >>> core-image-minimal-qemux86-64-20160513061459.rootfs.ext4 >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks >>> >>> Robert >>> -- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Openembedded-core mailing list >>> Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org >>> http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core >> -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------