Re: [meta-ti][zeus/master][PATCH] ti-sgx-ddk-um: Add runtime dependency on the SGX kernel module

["Denys Dmytriyenko" <denys@ti.com>]

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 07:06:29PM -0500, Andrew F. Davis wrote:
> On 2/19/20 6:58 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 01:08:46PM -0500, Andrew F. Davis wrote:
> >> On 2/18/20 12:52 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
> >>> I was sitting on a similar patch in a private testing branch:
> >>> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/meta-ti/message/12418
> >>
> >> Why RRECOMMENDS? It should be a real dependency right?
> > 
> > Andrew,
> > 
> > Historically kernel modules used RRECOMMENDS.
> > 
> > Plus, it's easier to break RRECOMMENDS dependency than RDEPENDS. And we had 
> > instances in the past, when we needed to be able to build against UM libs, 
> > even when KM support is not there. Of course, it may not be an issue in the 
> > future, when we split up UM libs package into individual libs and/or move to 
> > Mesa based builds...
> > 
> 
> Okay then, either way works for me, I'm just looking to get the
> dependency tree in order so we don't have to explicitly include the
> "gpudriver" anymore. It should be pulled in by any app using 3D.

Oh, I totally agree! BTW, I've been starting to look into dependency cleanup 
as part of that parallel private work I mentioned - the patch I linked is from 
that series. I'm hoping to be able to merge everything in the near future, as 
it's diverging quite rapidly, since it was based on Thud for few months...

-- 
Denys