From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 15:12:05 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] configs/raspberrypi: use the branch name instead of the sha1 for the linux kernel In-Reply-To: <874n18pbrv.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> References: <1399034711-12550-1-git-send-email-yann.morin.1998@free.fr> <874n18pbrv.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> Message-ID: <20140502131205.GC3503@free.fr> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Peter, All, On 2014-05-02 15:09 +0200, Peter Korsgaard spake thusly: > >>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN writes: > > > From: "Yann E. MORIN" > > Previously, when we were using the rpi-3.10.y branch, we coiuld use a sha1 to > > refer to a specific changeset, and that would work and give reproducible > > builds, thanks to upstream merging linux-stable into their branch. > > > Now they have declared rpi-3.12.y the new stable branch, and deprecated the > > rpi-3.10.y branch. > > > Unfortunately, they are now rebasing the rpi-3.12.y branch instead of merging > > linux-stable as they used to do. This means we can no longer use a sha1 as the > > tree will change as soon as upstream rebases onto a new linux-stable. > > > There are two possibilities here: > > - revert back to using a rpi-3.10.y cset > > - use the rpi-3.12.y branch name > > > This patch goes with the second option, since rpi-3.10.y is no longer maitained, > > and we prefer to use a stable branch, at the cost of reproducible builds. > > Hmm, but that means that the builds are not reproducable :/ Indeed, that's a drawback. > Can't we convince them to create a new branch whenever they rebase or > something like that? Already done: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/584 I forgot to add this in my commit log. Can you do that before you apply, please, or do you want me to re-submit? Regards, Yann E. MORIN. -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +33 662 376 056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'