[Buildroot] BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH for linux-headers

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 11-07-18 16:32, Serj Kalichev wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Both linux and linux-headers package use BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH. But
> BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH is available if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL is selected. I want to
> build toolchain only. And don't want to build linux kernel. So I deselect
> BR2_LINUX_KERNEL and lose BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH for linux-headers.
> 
> I think BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH must not depend on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL.

 It's not easy to do that properly, because you'd still need to go to the kernel
menu to set the kernel patch list.

 Anyway, we consider BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH as deprecated. Use
BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR instead, and add your patches in the linux-headers
subdirectory of that directory.

 Regards,
 Arnout

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