From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephan Hoffmann Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:39:14 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] Patchwork oldest patches cleanup #6 (deadline February 2) In-Reply-To: References: <52DE28BD.8020306@relinux.de> Message-ID: <52DE4042.6060108@relinux.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On 21.01.2014 09:18, Thomas De Schampheleire wrote: > Hi Stephan, > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Stephan Hoffmann wrote: >> Am 20.01.2014 22:06, schrieb Thomas De Schampheleire: >>> All, >>> >>> Here is session 6 of the patchwork cleanup. For those who haven't >>> followed previous sessions, here is a quick recap: every session we'll >>> be posting the list of the 10 oldest patches, with the original patch >>> contributors in copy. During two weeks, we have the opportunity to >>> discuss the patch, whether it is still necessary or not, how it should >>> be changed to be merged. >>> >>> In particular, I'm interested in knowing if the original contributor is >>> still interested by the patch, or if someone else is interested in >>> adopting the patch and sending an updated version, or if the patch no >>> longer makes sense due to other changes made in Buildroot. >> ..... >>> ... >>> >>> Linux: enable local Linux tarball in config >>> Stephan Hoffmann >>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/217204 >> Thomas, all, >> >> I still think that this would be a useful feature for buildroot, >> especially when dealing with soc or boards that come with a kernel >> tarball from the vendor that is not easily accessible online. >> > I just looked at your patch, but it is not needed to achieve what you > want. If you specify: > file:///path/to/local/file > then the site method will be automatically set to file (just tested). > Could you verify that this indeed fits your use case? Yes, it does, and it does with the old buildroot I had then, too. So my patch is obsolete, please remove it. I do not remember why I did not find this last year. Thanks Stephan > > Thanks, > Thomas -- reLinux - Stephan Hoffmann Am Schmidtgrund 124 50765 K?ln Tel. +49.221.95595-19 Fax: -64 www.reLinux.de Stephan at reLinux.de