[oe] [oe-commits] Roman I Khimov : (e)glibc-package: fix kernel version passed to qemu

GNUtoo GNUtoo at no-log.org
Mon May 18 21:08:36 UTC 2009


On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 14:41 +0100, Phil Blundell wrote:
> n targets where OLDEST_KERNEL isn't set (and hence
> defaults to 2.4.0) but you need a kernel newer than 2.4.0 for correct
> operation.  Presumably all ARM EABI targets fall into that latter
> category, since the TLS syscalls weren't in 2.4.x, and there might be
> some others where glibc's default setting for --enable-kernel is
> something newer than 2.4.0.
> 
> All in all I'd be happier with this change if it enforced a minimum
> kernel version of 2.6.16 (i.e. what it used to be) so that there is no
> possibility of versions going backwards for any target.
> 
> Incidentally, if there is a default value for OLDEST_KERNEL in
> bitbake.conf then checking the retrieved value against None seems
> fairly
> futile since that will never be true.
> 
> p.
> 
I don't mind if the default is 2.6.16 but is there a howto for someone
that has a 2.4(.19-rmk7) kernel ?
Denis.





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