2018-01-26 13:58 GMT+01:00 Michael Olbrich <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>:

Hi,

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 01:40:31PM +0100, Alexander Dahl wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 08:58:52AM +0100, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote:
> > I am creating a ptxdist BSP and have a series.<platform> patchset for a
> > given kernel version. I have noticed that this patchset is ignored when the
> > KERNEL_HEADER package is built -- instead, a "series" file is automatically
> > created and used.
> >
> > Is this normal/expected? Shouldn't the series.<platform> file be used
> > instead?
>
> It is at least known. I stumbled over this last year:
>
> https://www.mail-archive.com/ptxdist@pengutronix.de/msg12233.html
>
> Michael gave some hints for possible workarounds.

Right, check that thread.

Also, why do you need a 'series.<platform>' instead of a normal series file?

I used series.<platform> because the BSP currently supports two platforms (two boards), and some of the patches are platform-specific.

And why do you need the patches for the kernel headers?

This is because I am building imx6 specific packages which require a set of kernel headers, and these must include imx6-specific bits.

In the thread that Alexander mentioned in his reply you mention the following:

1. Move the patches to configs/platform-XXX/patches/linux-4.9.47/ and just use 'series'.

I guess this solves my problem, however, just out of curiosity: If the kernel headers package will pick up the correct patchset from configs/platform-XXX/patches/linux-4.9.47, shouldn't it also pick it up if it lives in patches/linux-4.9.47/series.XXX ?

Guillermo