So, if systemd is required and to respect other VIRTUAL_RUNTIME vars, need to
double the initramfs size to 128 MB.
Yes, maybe systemd recipe in OE-Core needs more granular packaging for only
pulling minimal dependencies in order to get even smaller...
=========================
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb
b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb
index c759808c..5ed9391e 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ TI_INITRAMFS_KERNEL_MODULES ?= ""
RDEPENDS:${PN} += "\
${TI_INITRAMFS_KERNEL_MODULES} \
${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils} \
+ ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_login_manager} \
+ ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager} \
+ ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dev_manager} \
+ ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_update-alternatives} \
+ netbase \
+ base-files \
base-passwd \
initramfs-framework-base \
initramfs-module-udev \
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/ti-core-initramfs.bb
b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/ti-core-initramfs.bb
index 223fef7a..ddf4e5b4 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/ti-core-initramfs.bb
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/ti-core-initramfs.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LICENSE = "MIT"
INITRAMFS_FSTYPES = "cpio cpio.xz"
-INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE = "65536"
+INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE = "131072"
IMAGE_NAME = "ti-core-initramfs"
=========================
On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 03:52:56PM -0500, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
> I'm not sure this is a fully correct change for the ti-core-initramfs.
> It might be fine for the tisdk-tiny-initramfs though.
>
> If I recall, the requirement was for this initramfs to use systemd as
> init manager...
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 12:27:37PM -0600, Ryan Eatmon via
> lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> > License-Update: Moving away from packagegroup-core-boot.bb removed the
> > LICENSE setting. Just adding it back in.
> >
> > It looks like we were modelling this initramfs off of the wrong example
> > from poky. This setup produces a much smaller initramfs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ryan Eatmon <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > v2: Add missing License-Udate.
> >
> > .../packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb | 12 ++++---
> > .../recipes-ti/initramfs/ti-core-initramfs.bb | 33 +++++++++----------
> > 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git
> > a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb
> > b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb
> > index 86b69aff..c759808c 100644
> > --- a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb
> > +++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb
> > @@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
> > SUMMARY = "Minimal initramfs for boot requirements"
> >
> > -require recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-boot.bb
> > +LICENSE = "MIT"
> > +
> > +PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
> > +
> > +inherit packagegroup
> >
> > TI_INITRAMFS_KERNEL_MODULES ?= ""
> >
> > RDEPENDS:${PN} += "\
> > ${TI_INITRAMFS_KERNEL_MODULES} \
> > + ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils} \
> > + base-passwd \
> > initramfs-framework-base \
> > initramfs-module-udev \
> > initramfs-module-nfsrootfs \
> > - nfs-utils \
> > - nfs-utils-client \
> > "
> > -
> > -RDEPENDS:${PN}:remove = "grub-efi kernel"
> > diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/ti-core-initramfs.bb
> > b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/ti-core-initramfs.bb
> > index 1a102d82..223fef7a 100644
> > --- a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/ti-core-initramfs.bb
> > +++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/ti-core-initramfs.bb
> > @@ -7,29 +7,26 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Image meant to probe boot essential
> > modules\
> >
> > LICENSE = "MIT"
> >
> > -inherit core-image
> > -
> > -IMAGE_NAME = "ti-core-initramfs"
> > -
> > -IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX = ""
> > +INITRAMFS_FSTYPES = "cpio cpio.xz"
> >
> > -IMAGE_FEATURES:remove = "package-management"
> > +INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE = "65536"
> >
> > -INITRAMFS_FSTYPES = "cpio cpio.xz"
> > +IMAGE_NAME = "ti-core-initramfs"
> >
> > -IMAGE_FSTYPES = "${INITRAMFS_FSTYPES}"
> > +export IMAGE_BASENAME = "${IMAGE_NAME}"
> >
> > PACKAGE_INSTALL = "packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs"
> >
> > -export IMAGE_BASENAME = "${IMAGE_NAME}"
> > +# Ensure the initramfs only contains the bare minimum
> > +IMAGE_FEATURES = ""
> > +IMAGE_LINGUAS = ""
> >
> > -IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR = "1.1"
> > +# on the kernel image.
> > +PACKAGE_EXCLUDE = "kernel-image-*"
> > +
> > +IMAGE_FSTYPES = "${INITRAMFS_FSTYPES}"
> > +IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX ?= ""
> > +IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE = "8192"
> > +IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE = "0"
> >
> > -# To further reduce the size of the rootfs, remove the /boot directory from
> > -# the final image this is usually done by adding RDEPENDS_kernel-base = ""
> > -# in the configuration file. In our case we can't use this method. Instead
> > we
> > -# just wipe out the content of "/boot" before creating the image.
> > -ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "empty_boot_dir; "
> > -empty_boot_dir () {
> > - rm -rf ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/boot/*
> > -}
> > +inherit image
> > --
> > 2.43.0
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