[Buildroot] [PATCH resend] owl-linux: new package

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>]

Le Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:07:46 +0100,
Simon Dawson <spdawson@gmail.com> a ?crit :

> > Maybe group the ARM9 and EABI checks into one comment? And maybe make
> > it visible only on ARM?
> >
> > comment "owl-linux is only supported on ARM9 architecture with EABI"
> > ? ? ? ?depends on !(BR2_arm920t || BR2_arm922t || BR2_arm926t) || !BR2_ARM_EABI
> > ? ? ? ?depends on BR2_arm
> >
> > or something like that.
> 
> Good idea; I will do this.

Thanks!

> > At some point in the discussion, it was mentioned that this driver
> > might only work with one particular CodeSourcery toolchain, which would
> > suggest that it uses the C library, and therefore contain userspace
> > code. But here you're only installing the kernel module itself. Could
> > you clarify this point, just for our (my?) knowledge?
> 
> I'm using the Buildroot-generated uClibc-based toolchain, and have had
> no problems so far. The kernel module installed by this package is all
> that is required to make the H&D Wireless hardware work.

Ok, if there's only kernel code, then I guess the only problem is the
ABI, which you've already handled by requiring EABI, so that looks good.

Thanks!

Thomas
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