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From: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>
To: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>
Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add Xorg driver ABI dependencies
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:10:31 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <508804E7.8050604@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5086E7B1.2090702@linux.intel.com>

On 10/23/2012 11:53 AM, Saul Wold wrote:
> 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.
>
Merged into OE-Core

Thanks
	Sau!
>>        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(-)
>>
>
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      reply	other threads:[~2012-10-24 15:34 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 ` [PATCH 0/3] Add " Saul Wold
2012-10-24 15:10   ` Saul Wold [this message]

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