[yocto] linux-libc-header version mismatch?

[Hans Beckérus]

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Paul Barker <paul at paulbarker.me.uk> wrote:
> On 24 June 2013 17:19, Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com> wrote:
>> On 13-06-24 11:59 AM, Hans Beckérus wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi. We are using a 3.6 based kernel in our builds using a custom
>>> kernel recipe. However, I can see that the linux-libc-headers built
>>> but based on a 3.8 kernel?
>>> Is this really how it should be? Are we supposed to also make a custom
>>> recipe for the linux-libc-headers? The image seems to be executing
>>> fine but I am a bit worried about the version mismatch :(
>>
>> Summary: you can match them if you want, but we are testing across
>> several kernel versions and haven't found any issues (yet).
>>
>
> Just to point out - this is pretty common across linux distros as
> well, otherwise all your software would have to be re-built every time
> you updated the kernel.
>
> --
> Paul Barker
>
> Email: paul at paulbarker.me.uk
> http://www.paulbarker.me.uk

Thanks Paul (and Bruce of course).
I now realize that this would break most systems after a major kernel upgrade ;)
>From what I know/experienced so far is that the only thing that
usually breaks with a new major kernel version is our own kernel
drivers...

Hans


On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Paul Barker <paul at paulbarker.me.uk> wrote:
> On 24 June 2013 17:19, Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com> wrote:
>> On 13-06-24 11:59 AM, Hans Beckérus wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi. We are using a 3.6 based kernel in our builds using a custom
>>> kernel recipe. However, I can see that the linux-libc-headers built
>>> but based on a 3.8 kernel?
>>> Is this really how it should be? Are we supposed to also make a custom
>>> recipe for the linux-libc-headers? The image seems to be executing
>>> fine but I am a bit worried about the version mismatch :(
>>
>> Summary: you can match them if you want, but we are testing across
>> several kernel versions and haven't found any issues (yet).
>>
>
> Just to point out - this is pretty common across linux distros as
> well, otherwise all your software would have to be re-built every time
> you updated the kernel.
>
> --
> Paul Barker
>
> Email: paul at paulbarker.me.uk
> http://www.paulbarker.me.uk