From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ulf Samuelsson Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:39:38 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] svn commit: trunk/buildroot/target/u-boot References: <20080423145238.B61043C759@busybox.net><010901c8a560$2493f960$020514ac@atmel.com> <20080423173556.GC10167@mx.loc> Message-ID: <018c01c8a56d$beab6120$020514ac@atmel.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 06:22:46PM +0200, Ulf Samuelsson wrote: >> >>> Hmmm I have never seen patch.$ARCH in buildroot. >>> >>> It's usually -$ARCH.patch like toolchain/kernel-headers >>> package/qtopia4 and others. >> >> >>If you patch with "*.patch", then *all* architecture dependent patches will be applied >>if you use "-$ARCH.patch" >> >>You want to apply >>* architecture independent patches >>* architecture dependent patches pertaining to your architecture. >> >>so ".patch.$ARCH" is much cleaner > > The concept of per-arch patches is broken per se. You're better off to > fix or drop the dysfunctional patches. The per-arch patch is low maintenance, while your idea is high maintenance. Best Regards Ulf Samuelsson