From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 93-97-173-237.zone5.bethere.co.uk ([93.97.173.237] helo=tim.rpsys.net) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Qey2s-0002NW-6c for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:31:46 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p67NRqYA011655; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 00:27:52 +0100 Received: from tim.rpsys.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tim.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 11567-01-3; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 00:27:40 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.3.10] ([192.168.3.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p67NLmlh011065 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 8 Jul 2011 00:21:48 +0100 From: Richard Purdie To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer In-Reply-To: <201107071534.51372.paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com> References: <09ECC867-24F5-4CC7-8312-F00F34897B68@dominion.thruhere.net> <201107071534.51372.paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:15:08 +0100 Message-ID: <1310080508.20015.856.camel@rex> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.2 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at rpsys.net Cc: Koen Kooi Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bitbake.conf: update OLDEST_KERNEL to 2.6.0 X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:31:46 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 15:34 +0100, Paul Eggleton wrote: > On Thursday 07 July 2011 15:24:46 Koen Kooi wrote: > > angstrom has been setting it to 2.6.16 for some years now, I forget which > > bug that fixed over 2.6.0 > > Personally I don't know enough about which crusty old 2.6 kernels people are > still using out there, so I figured 2.6.0 was the safest bet. > > A trawl of the OE history turns up these two: > > ----------------------------------- > commit 8b0202e6e3f90a772df301e8522f9deb03e50132 > Author: Tom Rini > Date: Wed Mar 3 12:17:38 2010 -0700 > > glibc*.inc: Bump OLDEST_KERNEL to 2.6.16 > > Per glibc's ChangeLog, 2.6.16 is the minimum required by at least glibc > 2.9 > Prior to this, it was a murky 2.6.14 + patches to 2.6.16 (when it was all > upstream). > ----------------------------------- > commit 794e8652f5c4fef71a8b9ab834b39f75b99f9420 > Author: Koen Kooi > Date: Thu May 21 20:30:37 2009 +0200 > > Angstrom 2009.X: set OLDEST_KERNEL to 2.6.16 to avoid problems with > ppoll() > ----------------------------------- > > Any further comments/info? Should we be using 2.6.16 in oe-core as well? I'd suggest yes... Cheers, Richard