[yocto] Missing kernel, modules and dtb for beaglebone on core-image-minimal

[Stefan Stanacar]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Diego Sueiro <diego.sueiro at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Stefan,
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> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Stefan Stanacar <sstncr at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> That's not a bug :), it's intended. The README.hardware clearly states that for deploying a core-image-minimal you need to unpack the modules and copy the dtbs over.
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>> http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/README.hardware#n244
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>> There is a reason for that, mainly beacause the way core-image-minimal recipe works.
>>  A BSP usually adds kernel-modules and other stuff to MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS but not all images respect that (they need to inherit core-image.bbclass and not overwrite IMAGE_INSTALL).
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> Thanks. Got it.
> Why I never RTFM or at least the README file?
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No problem, you're welcome.

FWIW the beaglebone machine defintion does:

MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = " kernel-modules kernel-devicetree"

which ultimately get pulled in packagegroup-base.

Cheers,
Stefan

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