meta-avara

This is the core distro layer for Avara.

It defines:

• the Avara distribution
• system policy
• bootloader setup (systemd-boot)
• kernel configuration
• image composition
• update model foundations

This layer is UI-agnostic and device-agnostic.

---

Responsibilities

meta-avara owns system correctness and policy, including:

• Distro definition (avara.conf)
• Image recipes (avara-image)
• Bootloader configuration (systemd-boot)
• Kernel configuration fragments
• Initrd / early boot policy
• Filesystem layout conventions
• Security and hardening defaults

---

Boot model

• UEFI + systemd-boot
• GPT partitioning
• EFI System Partition populated via WIC
• No GRUB
• Console-first during bring-up

Boot configuration is installed under:

${datadir}/efi/

and copied to the ESP during image creation.

---

Kernel policy

Kernel customization is done via:

• config fragments (recipes-kernel/linux/cfg/*.cfg)
• bbappends to linux-yocto

Example:

# disable framebuffer console
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=n

---

Image philosophy

• Image-based, immutable-first
• No assumption of mutable /
• Future A/B support
• Flatpak for applications
• System updates handled at image level

---

This layer does NOT contain

• Desktop environment code
• Qt / KDE packages
• UX logic
• Application policy

Those live in meta-avara-ui.

---

License

SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later