[yocto] Initramfs image name (INITRAMFS_IMAGE)

[Paul Eggleton]

Hi Marcin,

On Tuesday 21 April 2015 08:54:49 Marcin Krzemiński wrote:
> I want to set my initramfs image name in my image recipe.
> In local.conf I've set:
> 
> INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE="1"
> 
> In my image recipe I am setting image name:
> 
> INITRAMFS_IMAGE = "myimage-image-minimal"
> 
> Unfortunately when kernel recipe is parsed INITRAMFS_IMAGE variable i empty.
> running bitbake -e tells that this variable is properly set.
> I think because image recipe is parsed at the very end kernel recipe can
> not see it.
> I tried to use export INITRAMFS_IMAGE (like in example) but this also not
> working.
> Is the any way that I can do this?

In general, one recipe cannot set a variable such that it is seen from another 
recipe, our system doesn't work that way. You need to set it at the 
configuration level - local.conf, or more appropriately a custom distro config 
file.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre