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From: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 22:17:13 +0100
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 2/2] package/linux-backports: bump
 version to 5.8
In-Reply-To: <20201112210103.GB60815@pevik>
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Julien, Petr, All,

On 2020-11-12 22:01 +0100, Petr Vorel spake thusly:
> > 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.
> 
> > Note that since backports tag v4.14-rc4-1, the requirement on minimal
> > kernel version changed from 3.0 to 3.10. See commit [1].
> Good catch!

Is this a mandatory dependency for *all* drivers, or only for the WiFi
ones?

> > [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/backports/backports.git/commit/?id=a0d05f9f9ca50ea8b1d60726fac6b54167257e76

It looks like it is just about the crypto stuff needed for mac80211...

Thoughts?

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

> Update also package/linux-backports/Config.in:
> 
> diff --git package/linux-backports/Config.in package/linux-backports/Config.in
> index 362e6e4bc7..251d202fd2 100644
> --- package/linux-backports/Config.in
> +++ package/linux-backports/Config.in
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS
>  	  recent kernels, backported to older ones.
>  
>  	  This version of linux-backports supports kernels starting
> -	  from 3.0.
> +	  from 3.10.
>  
>  	  https://backports.wiki.kernel.org
>  

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