[yocto] How to include kernel module without including the kernel in the rootfs?

[Patrick Doyle]

Hi Bruce,
Thank you very much.  That did the trick.

--wpd


On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Bruce Ashfield
<bruce.ashfield at windriver.com> wrote:
> On 14-04-10 11:32 AM, Patrick Doyle wrote:
>>
>> I just added a custom kernel module to my build, and now my rootfs
>> includes a copy of my kernel (thus making it too large to fit in my
>> pinhole sized root partition).
>>
>> Is there any way to prevent the kernel from being included in the
>> rootfs?  Do modutils require a kernel image in order to function
>> properly?
>
>
> Clear this in your kernel recipe:
>
> # Allow machines to override this dependency if kernel image files are
> # not wanted in images as standard
> RDEPENDS_kernel-base ?= "kernel-image"
>
> and you'll get no kernel image, and yes, modules will work.
>
> Bruce
>
>
>>
>> My recipe contains
>>
>> inherit module
>>
>> So I'm expecting that the module class does magic that results in the
>> kernel getting installed.
>>
>> Is there a flag I can set to say "Don't do that?".
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --wpd
>>
>