From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, thomas.de_schampheleire@nokia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 1/3] ip: Fix compilation with kernel headers < 3.4
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 09:04:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180227090412.3de0f95e@xeon-e3> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1519733212-30703-2-git-send-email-serhe.popovych@gmail.com>
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:06:50 +0200
Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@gmail.com> wrote:
> Since commit 596b1c94aa38 ("iproute: build more easily on Android"),
> iproute2 uses types __kernel_long_t and __kernel_ulong_t but does not
> provide internal definitions for it.
>
> This means that compilation using kernel headers that are older than 3.4
> (where these types were added) will fail. This situation may be uncommon
> for native compilation, but not uncommon for cross compilation where the
> toolchains may be a bit older.
>
> Provide the necessary types internally if not provided by the kernel
> headers to fix compilation in such cases.
>
> Co-Developed-by: Serhii Popovych <serhe.popovych@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schampheleire@nokia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@gmail.com>
> ---
> Makefile | 5 ++++-
> include/compat/kernel/linux/sysinfo.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
Why not just start a single file include/compat.h which is what
other software does.
Doing fine grained kernel and libc per file makes it more painful.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-02-27 17:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-27 12:06 [PATCH iproute2 0/3] ip: Provide compatibility bits to build with old glibc/kernel headers Serhey Popovych
2018-02-27 12:06 ` [PATCH iproute2 1/3] ip: Fix compilation with kernel headers < 3.4 Serhey Popovych
2018-02-27 17:04 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2018-02-27 19:34 ` Serhey Popovych
2018-02-28 16:07 ` Stephen Hemminger
2018-03-02 7:55 ` Serhey Popovych
2018-02-27 12:06 ` [PATCH iproute2 2/3] ss: Fix build with old libc headers without AF_VSOCK Serhey Popovych
2018-03-01 0:13 ` Stephen Hemminger
2018-03-02 7:57 ` Serhey Popovych
2018-02-27 12:06 ` [PATCH iproute2 3/3] ip: Get rid of custom netinet/tcp.h Serhey Popovych
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