From: Petr Vorel <petr.vorel@gmail.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] package/linux-backports: bump version to 5.8
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 22:47:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201111214755.GB28486@pevik> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201111162208.362275-2-ju.o@free.fr>
Hi Julien,
> Attempting to compile this package with newer Kernel version (e.g. v5.4)
> fails with message:
> Generating local configuration database from kernel ...Kernel version parse failed!
> Upgrading the package to 5.8 fixes this issue. Anyways, v4.4 is now
> rather old and beat the very purpose of having newer drivers in older
> kernels.
...
> -LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION_MAJOR = 4.4.2
> +LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION_MAJOR = 5.8
> LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION = $(LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION_MAJOR)-1
> LINUX_BACKPORTS_SOURCE = backports-$(LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION).tar.xz
> LINUX_BACKPORTS_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/kernel/projects/backports/stable/v$(LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION_MAJOR)
...
Thanks for updating to the latest stable release.
I haven't found any info about minimal kernel version required.
Looking briefly into the code, it still supports 3.0 (LINUX_VERSION_IS_GEQ(3,0,0))
=> nothing has changed.
Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <petr.vorel@gmail.com>
Kind regards,
Petr
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-11 21:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-11 16:22 [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] package/linux-backports: use buildroot host flex and bison Julien Olivain
2020-11-11 16:22 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] package/linux-backports: bump version to 5.8 Julien Olivain
2020-11-11 21:47 ` Petr Vorel [this message]
2020-11-12 11:07 ` Julien Olivain
2020-11-11 21:06 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] package/linux-backports: use buildroot host flex and bison Yann E. MORIN
2020-11-12 10:55 ` Julien Olivain
2020-11-11 21:35 ` Petr Vorel
2020-11-12 12:01 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/2] package/linux-backports: use flex and bison to generate kconfig parser Julien Olivain
2020-11-12 12:01 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 2/2] package/linux-backports: bump version to 5.8 Julien Olivain
2020-11-12 12:34 ` Baruch Siach
2020-11-12 19:30 ` Peter Seiderer
2020-11-12 21:01 ` Petr Vorel
2020-11-12 21:17 ` Yann E. MORIN
2020-11-12 21:24 ` Petr Vorel
[not found] ` <MW3PR11MB476417BF2CC5E2E72CA4AE36E9E60@MW3PR11MB4764.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
2020-11-13 11:56 ` Julien Olivain
2020-11-12 20:53 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/2] package/linux-backports: use flex and bison to generate kconfig parser Petr Vorel
2020-11-12 21:24 ` Yann E. MORIN
2020-11-13 13:09 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v3 1/2] package/linux-backports: fix kernel version check Julien Olivain
2020-11-13 13:09 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v3 2/2] package/linux-backports: bump version to 5.8 Julien Olivain
2020-11-13 19:07 ` Petr Vorel
2020-11-13 22:21 ` Yann E. MORIN
2020-11-17 21:26 ` Yann E. MORIN
2020-11-13 19:06 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v3 1/2] package/linux-backports: fix kernel version check Petr Vorel
2020-11-13 22:08 ` Yann E. MORIN
2020-11-16 14:49 ` Peter Korsgaard
2020-11-15 15:09 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/2] package/linux-backports: use flex and bison to generate kconfig parser Peter Korsgaard
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