[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/1] toolchain: update AArch32/AArch64 toolchains to 8-2-2019.01

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Mon Feb 4 12:42:07 UTC 2019



On 04/02/2019 11:08, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>>>>>> "Arnout" == Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> writes:
> 
>  > On 29/01/2019 12:27, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
>  >>>> On 28/01/2019 18:05, Joakim Bech wrote:
>  >>>> [snip]
>  >>>>> +config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_5_00
>  >>>>> +	bool "Linux 5.00.x kernel headers"
>  >>>>> +	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_5_00
>  >>>> Adding support for the 5.0 headers should be a separate patch. See commit
>  >>>> 649883d2c9957b7a7fcf81c4475f848ad8865ca1 for an example how it was done for 4.20.
>  >>>> 
>  >>> So after looking a bit more into the git log of how patches where
>  >>> created in the past it looks like I should create 4 patches, "pseudo git
>  >>> log -4".
>  >>> - toolchain-external: update Arm ARM 8.2-2019.01
>  >>> - toolchain-external: update Arm AArch64-BE toolchain 8.2-2019.01
>  >>> - toolchain-external: update Arm AArch64 toolchain 8.2-2019.01
>  >>> - toolchain: add necessary options to support 5.0 kernel headers
>  >> Indeed, that's the way to go.
> 
>  >  Hold on a moment, I'm having second thoughts on this... This toolchain is using
>  > 5.0-rcX kernel headers. I'm not so sure that we will want that in our 2019.02
>  > LTS release... So I expect that this patch will not get included in the 2919.02
>  > cut-off, and will end up being superseded by the Arm 2019.03 release...
> 
>  >  Peter?
> 
> Yes, using a RC doesn't sound very nice for the LTS.
> 
>  >  That said, the part that adds support for 5.0 kernel headers is certainly
>  > something we'd like to have in the 2019.02 LTS.
> 
> Why? 5.0 is not released yet, and will not become a LTS release.

 It is likely that people will use a 5.0 kernel during the LTS cycle, and that
they will use HEADERS_AS_KERNEL.

 Actually, we should have have a _REALLY_NEW option for custom headers, just
like we have _REALLY_OLD.

 Regards,
 Arnout


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