[Buildroot] [PATCH] spidev_test: new package

[Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>]

Hi Gustavo,

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 04:56:38PM -0300, Gustavo Zacarias wrote:
> On 10/14/2014 04:54 PM, Baruch Siach wrote:
> > That is a heavy dependency. As you noted in another message, it also make 
> > the autobuilder skip this package. I suggest to download just 
> > spidev_test.c from 
> > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/plain/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c?id=$(SPIDEV_TEST_VERSION), 
> > and make it depend on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_15 (as of v3.17). 
> > This solves both the autobuilder issue, and the toolchain headers 
> > dependency.
> 
> Problem is that makes it need a newish kernel which i don't like since
> you can't always run the latest and greatest.
> For instance i'm using it on a 3.10-ish based kernel at the moment and
> if i did that i wouldn't be able to use it.
> I suspect the same logic will apply to other users as well.

Then maybe adding a version choice would be best. spidev_test.c didn't change 
between v2.6.34 and v3.15, so two versions should be enough.

baruch

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