Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/linux-tools: fix PCI endpoint tests build with recent kernels

[Florian Fainelli via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>]

On 10/22/26 11:30, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2026 at 11:02:41AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> 
>>> Hm is this thread dependency new? With the Linux 6.14 change, or
>>> unrelated?
>>
>> I looked at the Makefile and because it linked with libpthread I assumed it
>> needed it, but the source code reveals that it does not actually, just sent
>> this out:
>>
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261022180022.1282641-1-florian.fainelli@broadcom.com/
> 
> Saw your patch. Problem is that all kernels from 6.14 to 7.4 at least
> will require pthread to build the pci endpoint tests. So in the end, I
> suggest that we keep your thread dependency.
> 
> Not a big deal as 99.99% of people will use a configuration that has
> threads enabled. Better that than having random build failures from
> time to time in our autobuilders.

v2 explicitly passes the libraries to link against, so that should avoid 
the dependency upon the patch above.

> 
>> Yes we certainly can do that, it's more concise, v2 on its way.
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> Thomas


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Florian
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