Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] kernel.bbclass: remove dependency on initramfs when not bundled

[adrian.freihofer@gmail.com]

On Wed, 2026-02-18 at 18:53 +0100, Mathieu Dubois-Briand via
lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> On Tue Feb 17, 2026 at 6:32 PM CET, Adrian Freihofer via
> lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> > From: Adrian Freihofer <adrian.freihofer@siemens.com>
> > 
> > Previously, the kernel recipe depended on the initramfs image even
> > when
> > INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE was not enabled. This caused the kernel to
> > be
> > rebuilt whenever the initramfs image changed, regardless of whether
> > the
> > kernel actually included the initramfs.
> > 
> > The problematic chain was:
> >   linux:do_deploy ->
> >   linux:do_bundle_initramfs ->
> >   image-initramfs:do_image_complete
> > 
> > The original intent (acc. to the comment) was to ensure the
> > initramfs
> > image was available for tools like wic. However, apart from
> > bundling the
> > initramfs in the kernel, there is probably no reason why the kernel
> > should depend on the initramfs. And it is therefore simply wrong if
> > it
> > does so anyway. Thus, use cases that may be broken by these change
> > are
> > based on a bug, not a feature. This needs to be fixed by adding a
> > dependency on the initramfs in the right place, not in the kernel
> > where
> > this destroys the kernel's sstate-caching.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Freihofer <adrian.freihofer@siemens.com>
> > ---
> 
> Hi Adrian,
> 
> It looks like this is causing some build issues. I only saw them on
> ARM64 so far:
> 
> ERROR: core-image-full-cmdline-1.0-r0 do_image_wic: Execution of
> '/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/genericarm64-
> alt/build/build/tmp/work/genericarm64-poky-linux/core-image-full-
> cmdline/1.0/temp/run.do_image_wic.2336354' failed with exit code 1
> ...
> > INFO: Creating image(s)...
> ...
> > ERROR: _exec_cmd: cp -v -p /srv/pokybuild/yocto-
> > worker/genericarm64-
> > alt/build/build/tmp/deploy/images/genericarm64/core-image-
> > initramfs-boot-genericarm64.cpio.gz /srv/pokybuild/yocto-
> > worker/genericarm64-alt/build/build/tmp/work/genericarm64-poky-
> > linux/core-image-full-cmdline/1.0/tmp-wic/hdd/boot returned '1'
> > instead of 0
> > output: cp: cannot stat '/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/genericarm64-
> > alt/build/build/tmp/deploy/images/genericarm64/core-image-
> > initramfs-boot-genericarm64.cpio.gz': No such file or directory
> > 
> 
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/22/builds/3228
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/60/builds/3202
> 
> Can you have a look at what is going wrong?


Thank you!
Here is a v2 which should address this issue:
https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/231629

Adrian

> 
> Thanks,
> Mathieu
> 
> 
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