[yocto] linux-libc-headers 2.6.37

Bruce Ashfield bruce.ashfield at windriver.com
Tue Dec 13 15:41:12 PST 2011


On 11-12-13 6:33 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
> We currently build at least some MACHINES with 2.6.37 of
> linux-libc-headers. This can cause problems for newer packages (such as
> connman) that expect more recent headers (if_alg.h is missing prior to
> 2.6.39). While the proper fix is to ensure these packages can cope with
> older headers, for MACHINES shipping 3.0+ kernels, seems to me we should
> be using the linux-libc-headers matching the kernels. I know this has
> come up in the past, but I don't recall if we have clearly stated and
> justified what our policy is here.

They should match were possible. I updated master to have 3.0 and 3.1
headers and no longer have .37 as the default.

Where is the 2.6.37 trickling in ? i.e. which boards/branch ?

Bruce

>
> Any thoughts on this?
>




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