[Buildroot] What's up with the kernel names? (Again)

[Ulf Samuelsson <ulf.samuelsson@atmel.com>]

>>>>> "Ulf" == Ulf Samuelsson <ulf.samuelsson@atmel.com> writes:

 Ulf> ?The AT91 uboot patches and autoscripts rely on this very exact 
naming,
 Ulf> so if you commit your patch, you break the at91 support.

So they are broken for people using the simple linux build already?

==> The previous default was to use the advanced build, if my memory
        does not fail me.

        If you use a simple build then you do not get any help from the 
autoscript.

 Ulf> If you add KERNEL_VERSION to the root fs name you do things
 Ulf> automatically, if you dont then everything is manually, and you
 Ulf> have a risk of mismatch between name and actual version.  I
 Ulf> would not mind that the rootfs contains kernel version, but it
 Ulf> will break the at91 u-boot autoscripts which means that it
 Ulf> should avoided at this point, and introduced in a future
 Ulf> buildroot.

 Ulf> To avoid bugs due to people forgetting to update onfig the kernel name
 Ulf> needs to depend BOTH on PROJECT and LINUX_VERSION.

Then set prefix/suffix.

==> How can setting prefix/suffix retroactively help people that has 
forgotten
        to set prefix/suffix?

 >> The $(DATE) seams to be default to rootfs suffix already, all you have
 >> to do is change it per project to include the project or board name.

 Ulf> I think your major problem is that the DATE changes.
 Ulf> I think it is fair to allow DATE to be in the rootfs suffix.

Sure, setting prefix/suffix to $(DATE) should work - But it shouldn't
be default.

 Ulf> but I still think your needs are best accomodated by

 Ulf> ln -s $(LINUX_KERNEL_NAME) uImage

No, lets not add any more clutter to binaries/

==> If you do not like that solution, then letting people that
       want uImage , build the simple linux would work for me.
       But your opinion seems to be that you want to do things
       in a certain way, and you want to ensure that noone
       can do it in a different way, regardless if their use case
       is different from yours.
-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard


Best Regards
Ulf Samuelsson