linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.15.y] kbuild: Allow kernel installation packaging to override pkg-config

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Message-ID: <Y8Ky1UgT2yxFB2EB@kroah.com>
Date:   Sat, 14 Jan 2023 14:49:09 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.15.y] kbuild: Allow kernel installation packaging to
 override pkg-config

On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 04:21:49PM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> From: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@...gle.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@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> [swboyd@...omium.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@...omium.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