Fwd: Upgrade Kernel using smart PM installs unnecessary modules

Tarek El-Sherbiny tarek.elsherbiny at gmail.com
Thu Jan 16 07:32:15 PST 2014


This is the command I'm running:

root at utilite:~# smart query  --show-requires

Is that how to find dependency?

Thanks


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Paul Eggleton <
paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:

> On Thursday 16 January 2014 15:00:23 Tarek El-Sherbiny wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Paul Eggleton <
> > paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > > Did you use smart to query for dependencies on the "kernel-modules"
> > > package as
> > > I suggested in my reply to your original message?
> > >
> > >
> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/pipermail/yocto/2014-January/017770.html
> >
> > Ok, so I did smart query and the problem is kernel-module package depends
> > on all modules. So once a new kernel is available kernel-module pulls in
> > all the available modules.
> >
> > I need to tell kernel-module package to include only the required
> modules.
>
> No, this isn't what I meant. I meant what is it that's bringing in the
> kernel-
> modules package itself? The kernel-modules package is intended to depend on
> all modules.
>
> > I guess this is OE issue and I need to ask on the OE list!
>
> I'm not sure, but I suspect so.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
> --
>
> Paul Eggleton
> Intel Open Source Technology Centre
>



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*Tarek*
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