Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 14 Jan 2023 14:49:09 +0100 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5.15.y] kbuild: Allow kernel installation packaging to override pkg-config |
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On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 04:21:49PM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote: > From: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@google.com> > > commit d5ea4fece4508bf8e72b659cd22fa4840d8d61e5 upstream. > > Add HOSTPKG_CONFIG to allow tooling that builds the kernel to override > what pkg-config and parameters are used. > > Signed-off-by: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@google.com> > Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> > [swboyd@chromium.org: Drop certs/Makefile hunk that doesn't > apply because pkg-config isn't used there, add dtc/Makefile hunk to > fix dtb builds] > Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@chromium.org> > --- > > I need this to properly compile 5.15.y stable kernels in the chromeos > build system.
Is this a new issue? A regression? This feels odd to add a new build feature to an old kernel when nothing changed to require it other than an external tool suddenly requiring something new?
confused,
greg k-h
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