Hi, I'm chipping in since I've been messing with these things a bit in upstream Linux kernel.
On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 06:37:52AM -0700, Khem Raj wrote: > On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 3:46 AM, André Draszik <g...@andred.net> wrote: > > connman is not doing anything wrong here. > > > > yes I am aware of this > > > The kernel is redefining IFF_LOWER_UP, because it thinks the libc doesn't > > define it yet (and glibc doesn't). > > > > libc-compat.h is the way to solve these kind of issues. There also is https: > > //lkml.org/lkml/2017/3/12/238 which is very similar. I'll pick that instead. > > > see the comment https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/3/16/121 > that worries me for this patch I'm aware of those review comments but I have not seen any patches posted which fix the problem in some other way. Thus I would propose to apply these patches as a workaround until upstream fixes the issues. These header files do not change that often either. > I am not questioning the correctness of patch too. But > it would be better to get this patch accepted into kernel > before applying to OE since these are kind of patches which > you can get stuck with for life if upstream is not accepting it. Upstream-Status: Denied would be a correct marker for now I guess. Hope this helps, -Mikko -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
