[yocto] linux-libc-headers 2.6.37

Darren Hart dvhart at linux.intel.com
Tue Dec 13 15:43:25 PST 2011



On 12/13/2011 03:41 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> 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 ?

This was on fri2 yocto/standard/fri2.

> 
> Bruce
> 
>>
>> Any thoughts on this?
>>
> 

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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel



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