[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] package/linux-backports: bump version to 5.8

Petr Vorel petr.vorel at gmail.com
Wed Nov 11 21:47:55 UTC 2020


Hi Julien,

> Attempting to compile this package with newer Kernel version (e.g. v5.4)
> fails with message:

>    Generating local configuration database from kernel ...Kernel version parse failed!

> Upgrading the package to 5.8 fixes this issue. Anyways, v4.4 is now
> rather old and beat the very purpose of having newer drivers in older
> kernels.

...
> -LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION_MAJOR = 4.4.2
> +LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION_MAJOR = 5.8
>  LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION = $(LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION_MAJOR)-1
>  LINUX_BACKPORTS_SOURCE = backports-$(LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION).tar.xz
>  LINUX_BACKPORTS_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/kernel/projects/backports/stable/v$(LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION_MAJOR)
...

Thanks for updating to the latest stable release.

I haven't found any info about minimal kernel version required.
Looking briefly into the code, it still supports 3.0 (LINUX_VERSION_IS_GEQ(3,0,0))
=> nothing has changed.

Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <petr.vorel at gmail.com>

Kind regards,
Petr



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