Hi Bruce I just came across this the other day and I had one question:
On Sunday, 19 August 2018 2:50:44 PM NZDT Bruce Ashfield wrote: > The existing kernel-devsrc package starts with a full copy of the kernel > source and then starts to strip out elements that are not required. > > This results in extra time (I/O) and extra space being taken up in the > final package. The main purpose of the kernel-devsrc package has been to > build modules against the running kernel, not to include a full copy of > the source code for re-building the kernel. The end result was a > 600M kernel-devsrc package. > > This restructuring of the package uses an approach similar to other > distros, where the kernel-devsrc package is for building against the > running kernel and uses a curated set of copied infrastructure, versus > a mass copy of the entire kernel. > ... > - There is also a symlink from /lib/modules/<version>/source -> build > to reserve a spot for a new package that is simply the kernel > source. That package is not part of this update. Did you manage to get to this or is it still planned? Thanks, Paul -- Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
