[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/4] configs: atmel: at91sam9260eknf: update defconfig

Baruch Siach baruch at tkos.co.il
Wed Nov 9 10:00:27 UTC 2016


Hi Alexandre,

On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 10:52:49AM +0100, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> On 09/11/2016 at 09:36:38 +0200, Baruch Siach wrote :
> > On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 07:59:45AM +0100, Ludovic Desroches wrote:
> > >  # Kernel
> > >  BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
> > > -BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
> > > -BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.9.1"
> > 
> > For the sake of reproducibility you should set this to the version you tested, 
> > say, 4.8.6. The same goes for other patches in this series.
> 
> I'm not sure this is actually useful because the amount of testing is
> minimal and it just increases the maintenance burden.

I don't understand. How would locking a specific kernel version in the 
defconfig increase maintenance burden? Any tested kernel version would do. We 
just want to ensure consistent user experience. Otherwise the built kernel 
will change with the default value of BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION.

baruch

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