From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TR2yS-0004IN-Ci for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:34:29 +0200 Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by fmsmga101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 24 Oct 2012 08:20:37 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.80,640,1344236400"; d="scan'208";a="239540183" Received: from unknown (HELO [10.255.14.104]) ([10.255.14.104]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 24 Oct 2012 08:10:31 -0700 Message-ID: <508804E7.8050604@linux.intel.com> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:10:31 -0700 From: Saul Wold User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120911 Thunderbird/15.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Saul Wold References: <5086E7B1.2090702@linux.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <5086E7B1.2090702@linux.intel.com> Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add Xorg driver ABI dependencies X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:34:29 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 10/23/2012 11:53 AM, Saul Wold wrote: > On 10/22/2012 02:37 AM, Ross Burton wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The xserver driver ABIs frequently change and as such are versioned. >> It's >> entirely possible to build an image with an Xserver with ABI 13 but >> drivers >> using ABI 11, and in this situation the server won't load the >> modules. These >> ABI versions have no relationship to the package version so the existing >> dependencies can't be made stricter. >> >> The solution Debian (and probably others) take is to add versioned >> Provides to >> the server, and dependencies on those provides in the drivers. Then >> ABI version >> mismatches become package dependencies errors and are caught at image >> construction time, not boot time. >> >> Ross >> >> The following changes since commit >> caba9cbfce09f19eb27f4c6615c0c5c48e1a2952: >> >> kernel.bbclass: add kernel-modules to PACKAGES (2012-10-19 23:06:26 >> +0100) >> >> are available in the git repository at: >> >> git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky-contrib ross/xorg >> >> for you to fetch changes up to 4bb20610fa08a2daf71f59b42929181500345e75: >> >> insane: add a check for Xorg driver ABI dependencies (2012-10-22 >> 09:26:20 +0100) >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> Ross Burton (3): >> xserver-xorg: add runtime provides for the driver ABI version > Merged into OE-Core >> xorg-driver: add xserver driver ABI dependencies > Not merged yet. > Merged into OE-Core Thanks Sau! >> insane: add a check for Xorg driver ABI dependencies >> > Merged into OE-Core > > Thanks > Sau! >> meta/classes/insane.bbclass | 20 >> ++++++++++++++- >> .../xorg-driver/xorg-driver-common.inc | 17 +++++++++++- >> .../xorg-driver/xorg-driver-input.inc | 4 +++ >> .../xorg-driver/xorg-driver-video.inc | 3 +++ >> .../recipes-graphics/xorg-xserver/xserver-xorg.inc | 27 >> +++++++++++++++++++- >> 5 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >> >> Ross Burton (3): >> xserver-xorg: add runtime provides for the driver ABI version >> xorg-driver: add xserver driver ABI dependencies >> insane: add a check for Xorg driver ABI dependencies >> >> meta/classes/insane.bbclass | 20 >> ++++++++++++++- >> .../xorg-driver/xorg-driver-common.inc | 17 +++++++++++- >> .../xorg-driver/xorg-driver-input.inc | 4 +++ >> .../xorg-driver/xorg-driver-video.inc | 3 +++ >> .../recipes-graphics/xorg-xserver/xserver-xorg.inc | 27 >> +++++++++++++++++++- >> 5 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >> > > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-core mailing list > Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core > >