On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 10:25:31PM +0100, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-05-27 at 11:59 -0400, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
> > On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 08:50:11AM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> > > asm/bpf_perf_event.h does not exist in older kernels e.g. ( 4.1 )
> > > this helps in using common header across multiple versions of
> > > kernel
> > > going back
> > 
> > This check should have been there from the beginning and for every
> > header 
> > file. It's big PITA to sync this list up, especially when dealing
> > with 
> > different glibc or kernel than OE-Core, e.g. external toolchains,
> > etc.
> > 
> > Any objections to making this check more generic for every entry in
> > the list?
> 
> Yes, a strong objection. We don't want to support or encourage every
> kernel version out there. 
> 
> I also don't understand why people need to change the libc-headers
> anyway :(

Richard,

I already explained my use-case with external toolchains - those usually come 
with specific set of libc-headers. And when those don't match the list from 
OE-Core, it causes problems, trying to support some resemblance of multilib. 
I believe that got disabled completely now for external-toolchains anyway...

-- 
Denys
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