[Buildroot] [PATCH] alsa-lib: FLAT: Disable alsa lib when FLAT bianry is selected.

[Buildroot] [PATCH] alsa-lib: FLAT: Disable alsa lib when FLAT bianry is selected.

[sonic.adi at gmail.com]

From: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@analog.com>

Alsa lib depends on the runtime library loader.

Signed-off-by: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@analog.com>
---
 package/alsa-lib/Config.in | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/package/alsa-lib/Config.in b/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
index df05240..1e148cc 100644
--- a/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
+++ b/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
 	# the usage of alsa-lib on no-thread systems is pretty
 	# unlikely, just require thread support globally for alsa-lib.
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT
 	help
 	  The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI
 	  functionality to the Linux operating system.
-- 
1.8.2.3

[Buildroot] [PATCH] alsa-lib: FLAT: Disable alsa lib when FLAT bianry is selected.

[Gustavo Zacarias]

On 11/11/2013 07:21 AM, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> I am not sure this is the right dependency. Shouldn't this instead be a:
> 
> 	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
> 
>  ?
> 
> The problem is really that we need shared library support, no that
> specifically the FLAT binary format is causing problems. If another
> binary format doesn't support shared libraries, then we would have to
> exclude it as well.
> 
> Also, the configure script of alsa-lib has a check to verify if dlfcn.h
> is available or not, so I guess it is supposed to fallback gracefully
> to another solution if shared library support is not available.

And with that being said this depend should also propagate to all the
packages that select alsa-lib too.
Regards.

[Buildroot] [PATCH] alsa-lib: FLAT: Disable alsa lib when FLAT bianry is selected.

[Thomas De Schampheleire]

sonic.adi at gmail.com wrote:
>From: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@analog.com>
>
>Alsa lib depends on the runtime library loader.
>
>Signed-off-by: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@analog.com>
>---
> package/alsa-lib/Config.in | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
>diff --git a/package/alsa-lib/Config.in b/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
>index df05240..1e148cc 100644
>--- a/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
>+++ b/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
>@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
> 	# the usage of alsa-lib on no-thread systems is pretty
> 	# unlikely, just require thread support globally for alsa-lib.
> 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
>+	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT
> 	help
> 	  The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI
> 	  functionality to the Linux operating system.

This dependency should also be added to the comment that checks for threads. It's txt should not be changed, we should only make sure that the comment is only visible when relevant (!flat).

Best regards,
Thomas

[Buildroot] [PATCH] alsa-lib: FLAT: Disable alsa lib when FLAT bianry is selected.

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin@gmail.com> writes:

>> The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI
>> functionality to the Linux operating system.

> This dependency should also be added to the comment that checks for
> threads. It's txt should not be changed, we should only make sure that
> the comment is only visible when relevant (!flat).

And the dependency should also get propagated to alsa-lib's reverse
dependencies:

git grep -l 'select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB'
package/alsa-lib/Config.in
package/alsa-utils/Config.in
package/alsamixergui/Config.in
package/bluez_utils/Config.in
package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/Config.in
package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-base/Config.in
package/mpd/Config.in
package/portaudio/Config.in
package/qt/Config.in
package/spice/Config.in

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard

[Buildroot] [PATCH] alsa-lib: FLAT: Disable alsa lib when FLAT bianry is selected.

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:02:57 +0800, sonic.adi at gmail.com wrote:
> From: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@analog.com>
> 
> Alsa lib depends on the runtime library loader.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@analog.com>
> ---
>  package/alsa-lib/Config.in | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/package/alsa-lib/Config.in b/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
> index df05240..1e148cc 100644
> --- a/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
> +++ b/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
>  	# the usage of alsa-lib on no-thread systems is pretty
>  	# unlikely, just require thread support globally for alsa-lib.
>  	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
> +	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT

I am not sure this is the right dependency. Shouldn't this instead be a:

	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB

 ?

The problem is really that we need shared library support, no that
specifically the FLAT binary format is causing problems. If another
binary format doesn't support shared libraries, then we would have to
exclude it as well.

Also, the configure script of alsa-lib has a check to verify if dlfcn.h
is available or not, so I guess it is supposed to fallback gracefully
to another solution if shared library support is not available.

Best regards,

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com

[Buildroot] [PATCH] alsa-lib: FLAT: Disable alsa lib when FLAT bianry is selected.

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Dear Gustavo Zacarias,

On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 04:31:37 -0300, Gustavo Zacarias wrote:
> On 11/11/2013 07:21 AM, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> > I am not sure this is the right dependency. Shouldn't this instead be a:
> > 
> > 	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
> > 
> >  ?
> > 
> > The problem is really that we need shared library support, no that
> > specifically the FLAT binary format is causing problems. If another
> > binary format doesn't support shared libraries, then we would have to
> > exclude it as well.
> > 
> > Also, the configure script of alsa-lib has a check to verify if dlfcn.h
> > is available or not, so I guess it is supposed to fallback gracefully
> > to another solution if shared library support is not available.
> 
> And with that being said this depend should also propagate to all the
> packages that select alsa-lib too.

Which is why I'd like to have a deeper investigation on why alsa-lib
unconditionally need <dlfcn.h> :-)

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com

[Buildroot] [PATCH] alsa-lib: FLAT: Disable alsa lib when FLAT bianry is selected.

[Sonic Zhang]

Hi Thomas,

On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Thomas Petazzoni
<thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:02:57 +0800, sonic.adi at gmail.com wrote:
>> From: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@analog.com>
>>
>> Alsa lib depends on the runtime library loader.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@analog.com>
>> ---
>>  package/alsa-lib/Config.in | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/package/alsa-lib/Config.in b/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
>> index df05240..1e148cc 100644
>> --- a/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
>> +++ b/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
>> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
>>       # the usage of alsa-lib on no-thread systems is pretty
>>       # unlikely, just require thread support globally for alsa-lib.
>>       depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
>> +     depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT
>
> I am not sure this is the right dependency. Shouldn't this instead be a:
>
>         depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
>
>  ?
>
> The problem is really that we need shared library support, no that
> specifically the FLAT binary format is causing problems. If another
> binary format doesn't support shared libraries, then we would have to
> exclude it as well.

Some alsa-lib code include head file dlfcn.h, which doesn't exist in
the FLAT GNU toolchain, while it does in the ELF/FDPIC GNU toolchain.
So, alsa-lib has no error with BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB is selected in
the 2nd case.


Regards,

Sonic

[Buildroot] [PATCH] alsa-lib: FLAT: Disable alsa lib when FLAT bianry is selected.

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Dear Sonic Zhang,

On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:54:27 +0800, Sonic Zhang wrote:

> > The problem is really that we need shared library support, no that
> > specifically the FLAT binary format is causing problems. If another
> > binary format doesn't support shared libraries, then we would have to
> > exclude it as well.
> 
> Some alsa-lib code include head file dlfcn.h, which doesn't exist in
> the FLAT GNU toolchain, while it does in the ELF/FDPIC GNU toolchain.
> So, alsa-lib has no error with BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB is selected in
> the 2nd case.

Yes, but it's wrong: if you use <dlfcn.h>, then clearly, you're not a
fully static lib system.

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com