From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Petr Vorel Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 22:24:27 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 2/2] package/linux-backports: bump version to 5.8 In-Reply-To: <20201112211713.GD771438@scaer> References: <20201111162208.362275-1-ju.o@free.fr> <20201112120155.333290-1-ju.o@free.fr> <20201112120155.333290-2-ju.o@free.fr> <20201112210103.GB60815@pevik> <20201112211713.GD771438@scaer> Message-ID: <20201112212427.GA68372@pevik> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Hi Johannes, Unless using mac80211, which require v3.10 current backports still support kernel v3.0 right? Thanks for info. Kind regards, Petr > 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