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docs: kernel-dev: faq: update tip on how to not include kernel in image

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Since commit f6d963fa6d ("kernel: make kernel-base recommend
kernel-image, not depend"), present in Kirkstone 4.0, one should
set RRECOMMENDS and not RDEPENDS to avoid including the kernel in the
image, so let's update the documentation to reflect that.

Reported-by: Konstantin Kletschke <konstantin.kletschke@inside-m2m.de>
Cc: Quentin Schulz <foss+yocto@0leil.net>
(From yocto-docs rev: b94956c7d416879f9e4c46102145ef478270c440)

Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@theobroma-systems.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Quentin Schulz
2023-01-03 18:36:10 +01:00
committed by Richard Purdie
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ How do I install/not-install the kernel image on the root filesystem?
The kernel image (e.g. ``vmlinuz``) is provided by the
``kernel-image`` package. Image recipes depend on ``kernel-base``. To
specify whether or not the kernel image is installed in the generated
root filesystem, override ``RDEPENDS:${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-base`` to include or not
root filesystem, override ``RRECOMMENDS:${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-base`` to include or not
include "kernel-image". See the
":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:appending other layers metadata with your layer`"
section in the