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+# Simple initramfs image. Mostly used for live images.
+DESCRIPTION = "Small image capable of booting a device. The kernel includes \
+the Minimal RAM-based Initial Root Filesystem (initramfs), which one can use \
+to check the hardware efficiently."
+
+PACKAGE_INSTALL = "initramfs-debug busybox base-passwd ${ROOTFS_BOOTSTRAP_INSTALL}"
+
+# Do not pollute the initrd image with rootfs features
+IMAGE_FEATURES = ""
+
+export IMAGE_BASENAME = "initramfs-debug-image"
+IMAGE_LINGUAS = ""
+
+IMAGE_FSTYPES = "${INITRAMFS_FSTYPES}"
+inherit core-image
+
+IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE = "8192"
+IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE = "0"
+
+BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS += "busybox-syslog"