[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/linux-headers: drop 7.2.x option

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/linux-headers: drop 7.2.x option

[Bernd Kuhls]

The 7.2.x series is now EOL upstream, so drop the linux-headers
option and add legacy handling for it.

Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd@kuhls.net>
---
 Config.in.legacy                     | 7 +++++++
 linux/7.2.15                         | 1 -
 linux/from-6.17/linux.hash           | 1 -
 package/linux-headers/7.2.15         | 1 -
 package/linux-headers/Config.in.host | 5 -----
 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 delete mode 120000 linux/7.2.15
 delete mode 120000 package/linux-headers/7.2.15

diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index a28c8eeef8..0ee4d04751 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2026.11"
 
+config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_2
+	bool "kernel headers version 7.2.x are no longer supported"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  Version 7.2.x of the Linux kernel headers are no longer
+	  maintained upstream and are now removed.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_RTAI
 	bool "RTAI userspace has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/linux/7.2.15 b/linux/7.2.15
deleted file mode 120000
index 74e2b2d5b6..0000000000
--- a/linux/7.2.15
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-from-6.17
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash b/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash
index 3eabe22c9c..4350130ceb 100644
--- a/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash
+++ b/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v7.x/sha256sums.asc
 sha256  fa595aad93734f829c963c2a90ef7c3673224fd7fdae7b49406e397cde2de231  linux-7.3.1.tar.xz
-sha256  d0f6b1d7324c937ccaeb5c4ca7084bfcf71db2edb3e2d3a31f0ad83a681809ab  linux-7.2.15.tar.xz
 
 # From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
 sha256  3c2f44ef6acc021a7ad444d9a2e6ec1ef488ff09368793d0004a6080f69d621e  linux-6.18.60.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/linux-headers/7.2.15 b/package/linux-headers/7.2.15
deleted file mode 120000
index a4e1d3ec9c..0000000000
--- a/package/linux-headers/7.2.15
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../linux/from-6.17
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host b/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host
index 2080c909cf..71e2265f4e 100644
--- a/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_18
 	bool "Linux 6.18.x kernel headers"
 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_6_18
 
-config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_2
-	bool "Linux 7.2.x kernel headers"
-	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_7_2
-
 config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_3
 	bool "Linux 7.3.x kernel headers"
 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_7_3
@@ -488,7 +484,6 @@ config BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_HEADERS
 	default "6.6.161"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_6
 	default "6.12.115"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_12
 	default "6.18.60"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_18
-	default "7.2.15"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_2
 	default "7.3.1"		if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_3
 	default BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION
 	default "custom"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_CUSTOM_TARBALL
-- 
2.47.3

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Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/linux-headers: drop 7.2.x option

[Julien Olivain via buildroot]

On 05/11/2026 22:17, Bernd Kuhls wrote:
> The 7.2.x series is now EOL upstream, so drop the linux-headers
> option and add legacy handling for it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd@kuhls.net>

Applied to master, thanks.
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