[Buildroot] [arc-buildroot] Re: [PATCH] configs/snps_arc*_defconfig: update linux version

[Evgeniy Didin <Evgeniy.Didin@synopsys.com>]

Hello,

> Hello,
> 
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 16:55:24 +0300, Evgeniy Didin wrote:
> > With this commit we update Linux kernel version to 4.16.3
> > and Linux headers version to 4.16.
> > For some configs we switch headers version to be independent from
> > Linux kernel version.
> 
> Why ? The change doesn't make you independent at all from the Linux
> kernel version, and causes two kernel tarballs to be downloaded instead
> of one, which isn't nice.
> 
> Could you justify this change ?

With option BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_1*=y
BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_AS_KERNEL parameter is set.
Defconfig is meant as a starting point for work with the board.
In these case if user wants to change version of Linux kernel,
such error appears:
---------------------------->8---------------------------------
Incorrect selection of kernel headers: expected 4.16.x, got 4.15.x,
----------------------------8<---------------------------------
Also in case of choosing new kernel rc's, error 404 occurs.
For inexperienced users, these errors may not be obvious.

> (side note: could you use my @bootlin.com address instead of
> @free-electrons.com. The DEVELOPERS file has been updated since quite
> some time about this already. Thanks a lot!)

Sure

Best regards,
Evgeniy Didin