Issue with RDEPENDS in module.bbclass for initramfs
We have recently started investigating to make an even smaller build of our local distro & machine. This smaller build should be run exclusively from an initramfs, thus we have a need to reduće the size of the rootfs as much as possible. (Especially as we'd still like some "bigger" tools/pieces in the initramfs).
However, our first attempt to create a small image turned our to be larger than expected. After a first investigation, it turns out that our external kernel modules have an RDEPENDS on kernel-image (this is from module.bbclass). As we're creating an initramfs-based rootfs, this is obviously not desired... Locally removeing that RDEPENDS reduces the image as expected...
I understand that in the general distro case, there is a need to be able to express a dependency on a certain kernel version. However, I really don't think that bringing in the kernel-image is a good idea, not an general embedded platforms at least. (On the x86 this is usually not a problem, as you almost always have the kernel as a part of the rootfs anyway).
Could we come up with another way of expressing this dependency? That would definitely be valuable for the small-ish embedded systems.
Cheers,
Anders
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Anders Darander ChargeStorm AB / eStorm AB