From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from proxy.dresearch.de ([87.193.137.100] helo=mail.dresearch.de) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O9b5C-0000k3-5Z for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 05 May 2010 11:39:59 +0200 Received: from exchange.intern.dresearch.de (unknown [192.168.32.16]) by mail.dresearch.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E193F491278 for ; Wed, 5 May 2010 11:36:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([10.32.10.2]) by exchange.intern.dresearch.de with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Wed, 5 May 2010 11:37:12 +0200 Message-ID: <4BE13C20.1010902@dresearch.de> Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 11:36:32 +0200 From: Steffen Sledz User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 May 2010 09:37:12.0152 (UTC) FILETIME=[8A060580:01CAEC36] X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 87.193.137.100 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: sledz@dresearch.de X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: linux vs. linux-libc-headers? X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 09:39:59 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We're using Angstrom distro at hipox machine. For this machine we need to use kernel version 2.6.24 (selected by DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_hipox =3D "1" in linux_2.6.24.bb) because of some special machine/driver support. Angstrom uses linux-libc-headers version 2.6.31. This results in some dirty problems, e.g. the headers report the existence of inotify_init1 (introduced with 2.6.27) but it is not available in 2.6.24. :( It seem's not to be possible to use DEFAULT_PREFERENCE_hipox in the linux-libc-headers recipes. So what's the right way to handle this? Something like PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-libc-headers_hipox =3D "2.6.24" in angstrom-2008.1.conf? Steffen --=20 Steffen Sledz DResearch Digital Media Systems GmbH Otto-Schmirgal-Str.3, D-10319 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 (30) 515932237 mailto:sledz@DResearch.DE Fax: +49 (30) 515932299 http://www.DResearch.DE Gesch=C3=A4ftsf=C3=BChrer: Dr. Michael Weber, Werner M=C3=B6gle; Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg; HRB 54412; Ust.-IDNr. DE169013825; WEEE Reg.-Nr. DE 85995642