On 2021-04-22 12:39 p.m., Michael Opdenacker wrote:
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> From: Trevor Gamblin <trevor.gamblin@windriver.com>
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> See [YOCTO #13921]
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> Add details to the SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK entry to clarify that it
> doesn't work with read-only rootfs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Trevor Gamblin <trevor.gamblin@windriver.com>
> Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
> ---
>   documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 6 +++++-
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> index 64521b89bb..3297a69edf 100644
> --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> @@ -6694,7 +6694,11 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
>            SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK = "slcp_line0:ttyS0"
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>         This variable is currently only supported with SysVinit (i.e. not
> -      with systemd).
> +      with systemd). Note that :term:`SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK` also requires
> +      ``/etc/inittab`` to be writable when used with SysVinit. This makes it
> +      incompatible with customizations such as the following::
> +
> +         EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES += "read-only-rootfs"
>
>      :term:`SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS`
>         A list of recipe dependencies that should not be used to determine
> --
> 2.25.1
Thanks for making the necessary changes :)
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