[Buildroot] [PATCH] iqvlinux: remove package
Ricardo Martincoski
ricardo.martincoski at datacom.ind.br
Wed Apr 4 17:49:39 UTC 2018
Hello,
> +++ b/Config.in.legacy
> @@ -145,6 +145,24 @@ endif
> ###############################################################################
> comment "Legacy options removed in 2018.05"
>
> +config BR2_PACKAGE_IQVLINUX
> + bool "iqvlinux packaged removed"
> + select BR2_LEGACY
> + help
> + This package contained a kernel module from Intel, which
> + could only be used together with Intel userspace tools
> + provided under NDA, which also come with the same kernel
> + module. The copy of the kernel module available on
> + SourceForge is only provided only to comply with the GPLv2
> + requirement. Intel engineers were even surprised it even
> + built and were not willing to make any effort to fix their
> + tarball naming to contain a version number. Therefore, it
> + does not make sense for Buildroot to provide such a package.
> +
> + See https://sourceforge.net/p/e1000/bugs/589/ for the
> + discussion.
> +
> +
Could you fix the warning from check-package?
It can be done when applying.
Thanks,
Ricardo
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