[Buildroot] [PATCH] rtai: remove option BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_EXT_RTAI_PATCH

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Tue Apr 21 22:02:10 UTC 2015


Arnout, All,

On 2015-04-21 23:59 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly:
> 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.

But there is absolutely *no way* this can work *at all*, as demonstrated by
Thomas.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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