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From: Luca Ceresoli via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>
To: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
	buildroot@buildroot.org
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/linux-tools: add USB tools (testusb and ffs-test)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 08:43:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230329084351.57721a85@booty> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230328195659.GC3204460@scaer>

Hi Yann,

On Tue, 28 Mar 2023 21:56:59 +0200
"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> wrote:

> Luca, All,
> 
> On 2023-03-27 15:59 +0200, Luca Ceresoli spake thusly:
> > Extend the linux-tools package to also build the userspace USB tools, which
> > currently include testusb and ffs-test.
> > 
> > These tools are in the kernel tree since a long time, but a Makefile was
> > added only in 5.9 to allow building in the same way as other tools provided  
> 
> That is not entirely correct.
> 
> The Makefile itself has been present since 2.6.39, but indeed only
> gained an install rule for 5.9:
> 
>     4f22ce7045c1  2011-02-17  USB: tools: Add a Makefile
>     9ca325ffcac4  2020-08-19  tools: usb: move to tools buildsystem
> 
> So I've tweaked the commit log accordingly.

I think the original sentence somehow had the same meaning, even though
it would possibly take a lawyer to prove that... Your rewrite is way
more clear (and fun). Thanks!

-- 
Luca Ceresoli, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com
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      reply	other threads:[~2023-03-29  6:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-27 13:59 [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/linux-tools: add USB tools (testusb and ffs-test) Luca Ceresoli via buildroot
2023-03-27 14:52 ` Herve Codina via buildroot
2023-03-28 19:56 ` Yann E. MORIN
2023-03-29  6:43   ` Luca Ceresoli via buildroot [this message]

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