* [Buildroot] [Bug 15551] New: Linux extensions are not applied to linux-headers package
@ 2023-04-27 9:38 bugzilla
2024-06-15 15:08 ` [Buildroot] [Bug 15551] " bugzilla
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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15551
Bug ID: 15551
Summary: Linux extensions are not applied to linux-headers
package
Product: buildroot
Version: 2023.02
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P5
Component: Other
Assignee: unassigned@buildroot.uclibc.org
Reporter: bradley.gamble@ncipher.com
CC: buildroot@uclibc.org
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 9586
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Example of the difference between the linux and linux-headers trees following
an extension being applied.
Linux extensions are a mechanism for providing new features through
modification to the Linux kernel tree. This is usually in the form of patches
or new files from an out-of-tree source. (See Buildroot manual section 18.22.2.
linux-kernel-extensions).
Currently during a build the Linux extensions are applied to the linux source
tree, but not the linux-headers source tree. In comparison, the global and
Linux patch directories are applied to both the linux and linux-headers source
trees. This can lead issues where the source of the linux-headers does not
represent the kernel running on the target - For example, linux-headers is
consumed by most C libraries.
I have encountered this when attempting to write a patch that modifies an
applied kernel extension. The patch fails to apply to linux-headers as the
source files added by the extension do not exist.
This can be reproduced this by enabling a Linux extension (I've tested with
fbtft and ev3dev-linux-drivers) and performing a build, then comparing the
linux and linux-headers build directories - I have attached a diff example
showing the additions in one source tree but not the other.
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