From: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>
To: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add Xorg driver ABI dependencies
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:53:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5086E7B1.2090702@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1350898411.git.ross.burton@intel.com>
On 10/22/2012 02:37 AM, Ross Burton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The xserver driver ABIs frequently change and as such are versioned. It's
> entirely possible to build an image with an Xserver with ABI 13 but drivers
> using ABI 11, and in this situation the server won't load the modules. These
> ABI versions have no relationship to the package version so the existing
> dependencies can't be made stricter.
>
> The solution Debian (and probably others) take is to add versioned Provides to
> the server, and dependencies on those provides in the drivers. Then ABI version
> mismatches become package dependencies errors and are caught at image
> construction time, not boot time.
>
> Ross
>
> The following changes since commit caba9cbfce09f19eb27f4c6615c0c5c48e1a2952:
>
> kernel.bbclass: add kernel-modules to PACKAGES (2012-10-19 23:06:26 +0100)
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
> git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky-contrib ross/xorg
>
> for you to fetch changes up to 4bb20610fa08a2daf71f59b42929181500345e75:
>
> insane: add a check for Xorg driver ABI dependencies (2012-10-22 09:26:20 +0100)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Ross Burton (3):
> xserver-xorg: add runtime provides for the driver ABI version
Merged into OE-Core
> xorg-driver: add xserver driver ABI dependencies
Not merged yet.
> insane: add a check for Xorg driver ABI dependencies
>
Merged into OE-Core
Thanks
Sau!
> meta/classes/insane.bbclass | 20 ++++++++++++++-
> .../xorg-driver/xorg-driver-common.inc | 17 +++++++++++-
> .../xorg-driver/xorg-driver-input.inc | 4 +++
> .../xorg-driver/xorg-driver-video.inc | 3 +++
> .../recipes-graphics/xorg-xserver/xserver-xorg.inc | 27 +++++++++++++++++++-
> 5 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> Ross Burton (3):
> xserver-xorg: add runtime provides for the driver ABI version
> xorg-driver: add xserver driver ABI dependencies
> insane: add a check for Xorg driver ABI dependencies
>
> meta/classes/insane.bbclass | 20 ++++++++++++++-
> .../xorg-driver/xorg-driver-common.inc | 17 +++++++++++-
> .../xorg-driver/xorg-driver-input.inc | 4 +++
> .../xorg-driver/xorg-driver-video.inc | 3 +++
> .../recipes-graphics/xorg-xserver/xserver-xorg.inc | 27 +++++++++++++++++++-
> 5 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-23 19:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-22 9:37 [PATCH 0/3] Add Xorg driver ABI dependencies Ross Burton
2012-10-22 9:37 ` [PATCH 1/3] xserver-xorg: add runtime provides for the driver ABI version Ross Burton
2012-10-22 9:37 ` [PATCH 2/3] xorg-driver: add xserver driver ABI dependencies Ross Burton
2012-10-22 9:37 ` [PATCH 3/3] insane: add a check for Xorg " Ross Burton
2012-10-23 18:53 ` Saul Wold [this message]
2012-10-24 15:10 ` [PATCH 0/3] Add " Saul Wold
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