From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-qk1-f195.google.com (mail-qk1-f195.google.com [209.85.222.195]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99E517D005 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2019 22:20:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qk1-f195.google.com with SMTP id k189so2194699qkc.0 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:20:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ZmVOKojgsIFocwxRu4zBwz65lI3s1+v+NpljEpPHgxs=; b=AKr4KLG+bnxoPPF5VfyjLgrP7N6ej9VW0OgJQ805GUYpMRVc/U6HfJzTO7NQd2asON HglpYt2M5lUmpKS59NAh2aeEaAk4qkNoZ76Xy+dd8isAK7cbhJTax9SAhb4nChFlnkxZ hK+JUyOLOmAcSMy1DLDKi2mjKLw4tq4VkxZeQhFQeaLYMrwRhlAhRLnJFa9tD3ls/ahN dnKEWOdjtloyLPfKJDpBspMSIIH0NFyF/fgDAq5ntJsp1rTknFsLXoQyxNbYRmv1Xtqb F5wcrgoJUtDbqOqy/JClHqjzQ8I2O9xwLbInTFT39apJukbVFA66hxyyA7dTcnqlcL36 83yg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ZmVOKojgsIFocwxRu4zBwz65lI3s1+v+NpljEpPHgxs=; b=fNyBxm4gAxaPJra/I29ZdaGaWUyNK48Y+/Buf3bVIA/mSlRI546MuVWH/lVbGRNuSi /zNa53owCKvaibUTKkY/DLywZa3JBBJkEjBekE5R3ky3m08pgn0XgERAexy08GhHLmBU ZhD8ck43qsHan9plWoHIbUE0Zen1i9m+Qz3r8O1MIp1nhtLHkS9gaeI8CZkxyma7NKE8 G03vpU2D5chqB8ht1fuymljGirzXhQ2Fmyp1+HTnmlFTywjPghTHzU/IA3caiCGc99nn NrL9qHpDBFG9HEJz+7hxV4eC+RFWkcb3ulIWXirOVNGwaJy1JQprtXW7hwXIqfVWz6hf tnSQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWmyDB2Igck0hhhV1dcou0uKh0ccFDU7Z7dwQbOAjZLo1ZSV6zy disiinhBOPcoUW1q2EUVUKW/PCe1aWgqJymofLOBaA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqx9ZUtYuLpcqB4cBrTVtQVzeAHqKcbujpvz5TlwxysUEswfFlZGGjsDl7NQ+6M4XCRBeN2T645Vlht8wzb/uAw= X-Received: by 2002:a37:451:: with SMTP id 78mr9862542qke.315.1553293245365; Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:20:45 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190322200306.GB14099@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20190322200306.GB14099@localhost> From: Khem Raj Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:20:19 -0700 Message-ID: To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer Subject: Re: musl thoughts X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 22:20:44 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 1:03 PM Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 02:11:35AM +0100, Andreas M=C3=BCller wrote: > >... > > 3. Change our musl slightly: Many patches we currently have are > > trivial. Missing headers or #defines for missing functions... So if we > > add few headers > > * Empty chunks for e.g > >... > > Some other ideas? > > Not upstreamable hacks aren't a long-term sustainable way, > no matter where you do the patching. > > net/ethernet.h header problems are requiring 2 patches in NM. > > It would be good to get whatever is the actual root cause fixed properly, > and that fix upstreamed. > > E.g. I wonder whether this was supposed to be fixed by > 0001-if_ether-move-muslc-ethhdr-protection-to-uapi-file.patch > > Or is this patch in linux-libc-headers even the cause of the problem? > > linux-libc-headers applying 6 patches just for musl is not a good sign > in any case. > Is that much patching also done by other distributions that use musl? > Why are these patches Upstream-Status: Pending/Submitted for a long > time without having been applied upstream? > > Long-term it would be less work if everything would get fixed properly > with fixes reviewed and applied by upstream. > agreed, meanwhile we have to also ensure that musl users keep going and mak= e it possible, if OE devs are fixing musl related issues in upstream packages then it is also good reputation for the project. The real thing is to find time and propose the patches upstream more than often they get accepted. > > Andreas > >... > > cu > Adrian > > -- > > "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out > of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. > "Only a promise," Lao Er said. > Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed >