From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 00:02:10 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] rtai: remove option BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_EXT_RTAI_PATCH In-Reply-To: <5536C826.8080904@mind.be> References: <1429652188-11586-1-git-send-email-thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> <5536C4ED.3010008@mind.be> <20150421234737.03dbb086@free-electrons.com> <5536C826.8080904@mind.be> Message-ID: <20150421220210.GD4262@free.fr> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Arnout, All, On 2015-04-21 23:59 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly: > On 21/04/15 23:47, Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > > Arnout, > > > > On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 23:45:17 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote: > > > >> This requires legacy handling. With in the help text something like > >> > >> The BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_EXT_RTAI_PATCH option never worked, so it is > >> probably not useful. If you do have a valid use case and it used to > >> work for you, please let us know on buildroot at buildroot.net. > > > > Well, I talked about Config.in.legacy handling in the commit message: > > TL;DR :-) > > > > > """ > > Bottom line is that this feature has never worked, so there is not > > even a point in adding Config.in.legacy support for it. > > """ > > > > Should I understand that you don't agree with this reasoning, and still > > want Config.in.legacy handling? > > Yep, because if someone _does_ have it set, it probably works for them and we > should know about it. If nobody has it set, then it doesn't hurt to have it in > legacy. But there is absolutely *no way* this can work *at all*, as demonstrated by Thomas. 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. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'