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qemu_arm_vexpress: use latest Linux kernel

PATCH New Florian La Roche 2 participants 3 messages May 6, 2018 Arm/versatile express platform

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PATCH 1/1 qemu_arm_vexpress: use latest Linux kernel

There should be no reason to keep the qemu_arm_vexpress target on an older kernel release, so change this to build with the latest Linux kernel release for buildroot.

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 configs/qemu_arm_vexpress_defconfig | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
configs/qemu_arm_vexpress_defconfig +1 -5
index faba6a6c25..b51eaa08ae 100644
@@ -13,13 +13,9 @@ BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyAMA0"
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 
-# Linux headers same as kernel, a 4.11 series
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_11=y
-
 # Kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.11.3"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_VERSION=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="vexpress"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="vexpress-v2p-ca9"
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PATCH 1/1 qemu_arm_vexpress: use latest Linux kernel

Hello Florian,

Thanks for your contribution.

Quoted 6 lines · Florian La Roche

There should be no reason to keep the qemu_arm_vexpress target on an older kernel release, so change this to build with the latest Linux kernel release for buildroot.

There is a reason why all defconfigs used a fixed U-Boot / kernel
version: we want those versions to have been tested and confirmed to work on the target platform.

So, a patch updating to Linux 4.16 would be fine, but not a patch that changes to automatically use the latest version.

Best regards,

Thomas

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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons)
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com
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PATCH 1/1 qemu_arm_vexpress: use latest Linux kernel

Hello Thomas,

2018-05-06 21:40 GMT+02:00 Thomas Petazzoni <[email protected]>:

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So, a patch updating to Linux 4.16 would be fine, but not a patch that changes to automatically use the latest version.

Ok. I'll send in a new patch for a known current version.

Best regards,

Florian La Roche