[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] qemu_arm_vexpress: use latest Linux kernel

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] qemu_arm_vexpress: use latest Linux kernel

[Florian La Roche]

There should be no reason to keep the qemu_arm_vexpress target
on an older kernel release, so change this to build with the latest
Linux kernel release for buildroot.


Signed-off-by: Florian La Roche <Florian.LaRoche@googlemail.com>
---
 configs/qemu_arm_vexpress_defconfig | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configs/qemu_arm_vexpress_defconfig b/configs/qemu_arm_vexpress_defconfig
index faba6a6c25..b51eaa08ae 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_arm_vexpress_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_arm_vexpress_defconfig
@@ -13,13 +13,9 @@ BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyAMA0"
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 
-# Linux headers same as kernel, a 4.11 series
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_11=y
-
 # Kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.11.3"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_VERSION=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="vexpress"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="vexpress-v2p-ca9"
-- 
2.11.0

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] qemu_arm_vexpress: use latest Linux kernel

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello Florian,

Thanks for your contribution.

On Sun,  6 May 2018 18:30:59 +0200, Florian La Roche wrote:
> There should be no reason to keep the qemu_arm_vexpress target
> on an older kernel release, so change this to build with the latest
> Linux kernel release for buildroot.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian La Roche <Florian.LaRoche@googlemail.com>

There is a reason why all defconfigs used a fixed U-Boot / kernel
version: we want those versions to have been tested and confirmed to
work on the target platform.

So, a patch updating to Linux 4.16 would be fine, but not a patch that
changes to automatically use the latest version.

Best regards,

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons)
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] qemu_arm_vexpress: use latest Linux kernel

[Florian La Roche]

Hello Thomas,

2018-05-06 21:40 GMT+02:00 Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>:
> So, a patch updating to Linux 4.16 would be fine, but not a patch that
> changes to automatically use the latest version.

Ok. I'll send in a new patch for a known current version.

Best regards,

Florian La Roche