[Buildroot] [PATCH] rtai: remove option BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_EXT_RTAI_PATCH

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Tue Apr 21 21:59:02 UTC 2015


On 21/04/15 23:47, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Arnout,
> 
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 23:45:17 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> 
>>  This requires legacy handling. With in the help text something like
>>
>> 	  The BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_EXT_RTAI_PATCH option never worked, so it is
>> 	  probably not useful. If you do have a valid use case and it used to
>> 	  work for you, please let us know on buildroot at buildroot.net.
> 
> Well, I talked about Config.in.legacy handling in the commit message:

 TL;DR :-)

> 
> """
> Bottom line is that this feature has never worked, so there is not
> even a point in adding Config.in.legacy support for it.
> """
> 
> Should I understand that you don't agree with this reasoning, and still
> want Config.in.legacy handling?

 Yep, because if someone _does_ have it set, it probably works for them and we
should know about it. If nobody has it set, then it doesn't hurt to have it in
legacy.

 Regards,
 Arnout


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