`banger image register --kernel-ref <name>` now substitutes for the
--kernel/--initrd/--modules triple. The daemon looks the name up via
kernelcat.ReadLocal under d.layout.KernelsDir, populates the three
paths from the resolved entry, then continues through the existing
validate/persist flow unchanged.
Passing both --kernel-ref and any of --kernel/--initrd/--modules is
rejected — at the CLI layer (before starting the daemon) and
defensively at the RPC layer. A missing catalog entry produces a clear
"run 'banger kernel list'" message.
Once registered, the image stores the resolved absolute paths, so
deleting the catalog entry later does not invalidate already-registered
images — managed image build still copies the kernel into its artifact
dir per imagemgr.StageBootArtifacts.
Tests cover: resolution success (absolute KernelPath populated from
catalog), mutual-exclusion rejection, and missing-entry error.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Thales Maciel
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