[Buildroot] [PATCH] [RFC] linux: add option to avoid kernel kconfig updates

[Yann E. MORIN]

Gustavo, all,

On 2015-10-19 15:02 -0300, gustavo.zacarias at free-electrons.com spake thusly:
> From: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo.zacarias at free-electrons.com>
> 
> Some packages require specific kernel options enabled to be of any use,
> however when building a kernel with a specific configuration intended
> for binary-only modules this can be counterproductive.
> 
> Add an option to disable this behaviour and leave the .config alone.

Following the discussion we had on IRC, and taking into account the
comments by Arnout, I've marked this as rejected.

(on IRC: it's because of proprietary modules that no longer want to
load/work because of ABI-changing options they were not built with.
Solution if to fix those suckers. ;-] )

Thanks!

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo.zacarias at free-electrons.com>
> ---
>  linux/Config.in | 12 ++++++++++++
>  linux/linux.mk  |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in
> index 99c8a0e..8c1b138 100644
> --- a/linux/Config.in
> +++ b/linux/Config.in
> @@ -365,6 +365,18 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET
>  	  /boot if DTBs have been generated by the kernel build
>  	  process.
>  
> +config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PACKAGES_ADJUST_CONFIG
> +	bool "Adjust kernel configuration for package requirements"
> +	default y
> +	help
> +	  Select this option if you want to allow packages to enable
> +	  specific kernel options that are required for them to work
> +	  properly.
> +
> +	  Normally you'd want this unless you're using precompiled
> +	  binary-only modules that are tied to a specific kernel
> +	  configuration via modversions.
> +
>  # Linux extensions
>  source "linux/Config.ext.in"
>  
> diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
> index 6c7ecfc..16eeb2c 100644
> --- a/linux/linux.mk
> +++ b/linux/linux.mk
> @@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ LINUX_KCONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_
>  LINUX_KCONFIG_EDITORS = menuconfig xconfig gconfig nconfig
>  LINUX_KCONFIG_OPTS = $(LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS)
>  
> +ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PACKAGES_ADJUST_CONFIG),y)
>  define LINUX_KCONFIG_FIXUP_CMDS
>  	$(if $(LINUX_NEEDS_MODULES),
>  		$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_MODULES,$(@D)/.config))
> @@ -225,6 +226,7 @@ define LINUX_KCONFIG_FIXUP_CMDS
>  	$(if $(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_APPENDED_DTB),
>  		$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_ARM_APPENDED_DTB,$(@D)/.config))
>  endef
> +endif
>  
>  ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT),y)
>  ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTB_IS_SELF_BUILT),)
> -- 
> 2.4.10
> 
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