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author | SzuWei Lin <szuweilin@google.com> | 2022-11-04 20:15:16 +0800 |
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committer | SzuWei Lin <szuweilin@google.com> | 2022-11-07 18:21:53 +0800 |
commit | 1bffc860f5280fd23ed5a20e5bb1993e9979aac7 (patch) | |
tree | a89d66a3f0b36b902084111a7a3796e4ec477438 | |
parent | 0170eba51045fbb00eea6cbde146462dbc415f9a (diff) | |
download | common-1bffc860f5280fd23ed5a20e5bb1993e9979aac7.tar.gz |
Add content about support system_dlkm partition
Bug: 256984997
Test: n/a
Change-Id: I25cd380e7bd04d7b068147d29def6a67602beac3
-rw-r--r-- | README.md | 31 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -3,7 +3,36 @@ This document introduces special GSI settings for facilitating xTS-on-GSI with a single image. -## Changes in runtime resource overlays (RRO) +### Support system_dlkm partition + +``` +[BoardConfigGsiCommon.mk] + +BOARD_USES_SYSTEM_DLKMIMAGE := true +BOARD_SYSTEM_DLKMIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE := ext4 +TARGET_COPY_OUT_SYSTEM_DLKM := system_dlkm + +[gsi_release.mk] + +PRODUCT_BUILD_SYSTEM_DLKM_IMAGE := false +``` + +Starting from Android 13, all devices must include a [system_dlkm partition]. +GSI enables system_dlkm to support the devices with system_dlkm partition, +and be compatible with old devices without a system_dlkm partition. + +With these configurations, `/system/system_dlkm` would not be created. +Instead, a `/system/lib/modules` -> `/system_dlkm/lib/modules` symlink is +created. + +For device without system_dlkm partition, the symlink would be dangling. +The dangling symlink shouldn't be followed anyway because the device doesn't +use system_dlkm. + +For device with system_dlkm, they can load modules via that path normally like +when they are using their original system image. + +[system_dlkm partition]: https://source.android.com/docs/core/architecture/bootloader/partitions/gki-partitions ### SystemUI overlays |