[OE-core] [PATCH 0/3] Add Xorg driver ABI dependencies

[Saul Wold]

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(-)
>