From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnout Vandecappelle Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 18:16:09 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [pkg-perl infra V4 9/9] qemu: add a Config.in.host In-Reply-To: References: <1391608380-23240-1-git-send-email-francois.perrad@gadz.org> <1391608380-23240-10-git-send-email-francois.perrad@gadz.org> <20140205170456.2440f114@skate> Message-ID: <52F3C359.9040705@mind.be> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On 05/02/14 20:48, Fran?ois Perrad wrote: > 2014-02-05 Thomas Petazzoni : >> > Dear Francois Perrad, >> > >> > On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 14:53:00 +0100, Francois Perrad wrote: >>> >> after the removal of cpanminus >>> >> >>> >> Signed-off-by: Francois Perrad >>> >> --- >>> >> package/Config.in.host | 1 + >>> >> package/qemu/Config.in.host | 10 ++++++++++ >>> >> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) >>> >> create mode 100644 package/qemu/Config.in.host >> > >> > I'm not sure this should be part of the Perl patch series. At the >> > meeting, I think we all agreed that building the Qemu user-mode >> > emulation for the host is not useful as it cannot work properly. >> > Instead the qemu package should build the system-mode emulation for the >> > host, which is something that Gustavo proposed some time ago. >> > >> > So I'd say to leave Qemu on the side for now, and focus on the Perl >> > side of things in this patch series. >> > > Frank Hunleth needs it. > See http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2013-December/084131.html > & http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/299014/ It's true that qemu-user would be nice to have, but unless we can find a way to guarantee that it works, I'm also against keeping it. When the kernel version is inconsistent, it can really break in hard to debug ways. Regards, Arnout -- Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind be Senior Embedded Software Architect +32-16-286500 Essensium/Mind http://www.mind.be G.Geenslaan 9, 3001 Leuven, Belgium BE 872 984 063 RPR Leuven LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arnoutvandecappelle GPG fingerprint: 7CB5 E4CC 6C2E EFD4 6E3D A754 F963 ECAB 2450 2F1F