From: Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>
To: Michael Haberler <mail17@mah.priv.at>
Cc: xenomai@xenomai.org
Subject: Re: [Xenomai] packaging question: no kernel dependencies?
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:20:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <511F797C.3010006@xenomai.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AB936CE5-5675-4DA5-85B2-F2DD5A88531B@mah.priv.at>
On 02/16/2013 08:22 AM, Michael Haberler wrote:
> I'm working to debian-package linuxcnc with Xenomai userland RT
> threads.
>
> AFAICT building requires only the userland support package, but for
> instance not the kernel headers. The way I read
> http://www.xenomai.org/documentation/xenomai-2.6/html/README.INSTALL/#_feature_conflict_resolution
> it is safe to rely on runtime detection of feature compatibility.
>
> goof prevention question: Is it safe to wrap such a package without
> explicit references to some kernel version?
Yes, the only thing which defines the kernel/user ABI, is the branch you
are using, so, for instance, you can keep a kernel patched with 2.6.1,
and upgrade user-space to 2.6.2.1. And you will get a runtime error if
you try running a kernel patched with 2.5.6 with a 2.6.2.1 user-space.
--
Gilles.
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2013-02-16 7:22 [Xenomai] packaging question: no kernel dependencies? Michael Haberler
2013-02-16 12:20 ` Gilles Chanteperdrix [this message]
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